Philip Roth sai Man Booker International Prizen kohun saattelemana

Päivi Brink kirjoittaa:

Guardian kertoo, että Philip Roth on saanut elämäntyöpalkinnon:
Announcing the winner, Rick Gekoski, chair of the judges, said that for 50 years, Roth's books have "stimulated, provoked and amused an enormous, and still expanding, audience". -- The £60,000 biannual Man Booker International is awarded for a writer's "achievement in fiction", and considers a body of work rather than, like its sister prize the Man Booker, a single novel. -- In recent years a regular favourite to bring the Nobel back to America, and a three-time finalist for the Man Booker International, Roth is no stranger to awards, having won the Pulitzer for American Pastoral, the National Book Award (twice, for Goodbye, Columbus and Sabbath's Theater) and the PEN/Faulkner award (three times, for Operation Shylock, The Human Stain, and Everyman).

Guardian kuitenkin raportoi myös, että yksi palkinnon tuomareista erosi, koska ei pitänyt valintaa oikeana:
Author and publisher Carmen Callil has withdrawn from the judging panel of the Man Booker International prize over its decision to honour Philip Roth with the £60,000 award. Dismissing the Pulitzer prize-winning author, Callil said that "he goes on and on and on about the same subject in almost every single book. It's as though he's sitting on your face and you can't breathe".

Oma kokemukseni mukaan "Portnoyn tauti" oli mainio, mutta I Married a Communist" tuntui juuri siltä, että joku istuisi naamani päällä!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/may/18/philip-roth-wins-man-booker-international?intcmp=239