Korean writers wonder about the chances of a Korean winning the Nobel Prize for literature. Although the possibility of receiving a Nobel Prize for Literature seems to be growing stronger we still have a long way to go. First of all, we have to translate our literature into Western languages, so the judges and the readers from the Western culture can read it.” – Korea Times
Tag: 12.07.00
DISTRESS SALE
Margot Fonteyn’s personal effects, costumes and clothes are to be auctioned off next week, but her friends and the dance community are protesting. – Sydney Morning Herald
WHO NEEDS ART CRITICS?
Here and there in a few major periodicals one can find art critics who realize they are writing for a mass medium and general audience, and not for a rarefied elite of cultural academics, museum docents and fellow critics. But then there are those who conduct themselves as though the masses who have lined up in such volume for recent Vermeer, Monet and Cezanne exhibitions were beneath contempt for their lack of art history degrees. – Chicago Tribune 12/07/00
CONTROLLING THE CRITICS
It’s tough to intimidate theatre or art critics. But Hollywood and the fashion industry have so much control over their products (stars) that an indiscreet word (or even question) can put your access (and your job) in jeopardy. – The Globe and Mail (Canada) 12/07/00