Columnist and Author Takes on the Nobel Prize Committee

Praised or maligned, the Nobel Prize for Literature is always news.

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Columnist and Author Takes on the Nobel Prize Committee

Nov. 4, 2002 - Praised or maligned, the Nobel Prize for Literature is always news. It selects the best from the world and therefore misses much of value. Carolyn Howard-Johnson, "Back to Literature" columnist for MyShelf.com has determined to close the gap with her annual "Noble Prize for Literature".

Over the last few years the Nobel committee has recognized authors not only for their literary expertise but there has also been a trend toward awarding the prize for, as Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Tim Rutten says, an author's particular relevance to the moral moment in which the world finds itself".

Howard-Johnson's prize therefore concentrates on books that address these issues. The Noble Prize (as opposed to the NOBEL prize) also considers books written in English (which narrows the field of prospects considerably). She explains her reasons for this in her November column at: http://www.myshelf.com/backtoliterature/column.htm

Howard-Johnson's list includes well-known authors who explore discrimination in their writing like Toni Morrison and Ralph Ellison but she also includes authors who are just beginning in the publishing world like Leora G. Krygier for her "First the Raven" and Kristie Leigh Maguire for her "Emails from the Edge". Her reasons for her 13 selections are outlined in this month's column.

Howard Johnson is no stranger to literary prizes. Her first novel, "This is the Place", won the Reviewers' Choice Award in the spring of 2001 and was named Top Ten Novels in the Preditor and Editors Readers' Poll. AmErica House honored it for exceptional sales and a chapter from the book was a finalist in the Masters' Literary Award. Another was selected for inclusion in The Copperfield Review. It was also an NUW Book Club selection and received their Award of Excellence. Her book that explores fiction in nonfiction, "Harkening", just won the Red Sky Press Award.

Learn more at: http://www.TLT.com/authors/carolynhowardjohnson.htm

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