Неудобная статистика

[Izolda]

Не бывает евреев с фамилиями Рождественский, Вознесенский, Покровский, Введенский, Успенский, Сретенский и другими производными от двунадесятых праздников.

Да? А Любовь Успенская?
всё бывает, там криптов много.

[CAPRI]

Рождественский не еврей, если шо.

Не разочаровывай перевозбуждённую публику.

[CAPRI]

Да? А Любовь Успенская?
всё бывает, там криптов много.

Ты уверена, что это фамилия?

[Izolda]

Меня волнует другое. ЮНЕСКО отвергло связь между иудаизмом и храмовой горой. Почему евреи проплатили никому ненужный нобелевский комитет вместо того, чтобы лоббировать ЮНЕСКО?

ну вот, ты и доказала, что ты не за справедливость, а за выгоду любой ценой.

[Птиц]

Да? А Любовь Успенская?
всё бывает, там криптов много.

это псевдоним. она Сицкер

[Izolda]

Ты уверена, что это фамилия?

не очень.

[Птиц]

еще прикол. написали, дескать, нобелевцы так издевнулись над американской литературой, что у них сейчас читать вообще никого невозможно. и дали за "песенную культуру"

[Izolda]

Прочитала, что оказывается, был скандал, когда Льву Толстому не дали Нобеля. Но он благородно отреагировал. Во всём мире ему выражали поддержку писатели и фанаты.
Но, главное, сейчас справедливо.

[Izolda]

Интересная статья:

Try to recall, who of the great Russian writers was awarded with a Nobel Prize? Mikhail Sholokhov, Ivan Bunin, Boris Pasternak, and then there was Iosif Brodsky. The latter was a remarkable occasion. Brodsky is not actually known in Russia as a poet. I asked about 40 of my colleague-journalists, but no one of them recalled even one line by Brodsky.

There is actually nothing surprising about this award. Who can recall the name of the first Nobel Prize winner in the field of literature? This prize was awarded in 1901 to French poet Sully Prudhomme. I dare to say that this poet is not known even in France. There are a lot of such doubtful prize winners! Mark Twain, Chekhov, Oscar Wild, Leo Tolstoy and other great writers were living and creating during that time as well, by the way.

When you look through the long list of literature workers that were awarded with Nobel Prize in literature, you get an impression that you never heard four names of each ten names. Their awarded works have been forgotten forever. Does it mean that Nobel Prizes in literature were given not for literature, but for some other achievements? The answer is positive, judging by Iosif Brodsky’s life and works. Of course, I was not the first man, who got such an idea. The public opinion of Sweden and other countries was shocked with the decision of the Nobel Academy. A month after the scandalous award, Leo Tolstoy received a letter from a group of Swedish writers and artists.

[Izolda]

“In connection with the first award of the Nobel Prize, we would like to express our admiration to you. We see you not only as a respectable patriarch of the up-to-date literature. We also see you as one of those powerfully moving poets that are worth recalling first and foremost. We feel the need to address to you with this welcoming letter, because we believe that the institution that was in charge of the award, does not represent either the public, or writers’ opinion. Let everybody know that the true art is the art that is based on the freedom of thought and creativity.”

The letter was signed by more than 40 conspicuous Swedish writers and artists. Everybody knew it in the world: there was only one writer that deserved the highest award in the world. This writer is Leo Tolstoy.
A Swedish newspaper published an article in one of its issues back in 1902. The author of the article claimed that the majority of the academy members were “unfair craftsmen and literature amateurs, they call a rhyming line a poem.”

The first Nobel Prize was not awarded to Tolstoy. It was given to an exquisite poet of the second-best kind. After that, the best Swedish writers sent letters to Leo Tolstoy, protesting against such a reward.