A Nobel Prize for JK Rowling?

Should JK Rowling be considered for a Nobel Prize for Literature?

Here's the article I reference: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/jk-rowling-nobel-prize_n_1202942.htm...

Learn more about how Nobel Laureates are selected: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/nomination/

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[TheyCalledMeHunter]

Continued, I think HPA has changed the world, but it will take some time for broader culture to realize the effect HPA and the fandom itself on the world as a whole.

[thehpalliance]

@TheyCalledMeHunter I hadn't considered (surprisingly seeing the org I work for) that we may not yet have seen just how the books have changed the world. That's intriguing to think about and a really good point about changing vs. improving.

-lauren

[jeffsjuststoked]

I have read hundreds of novels in my 19 years on this Earth and if I hadn't read Harry Potter when I was seven, I never would have started reading. This story is repeated all the time. She inspired an entire generation to read. Her book probably got more people into reading than any other author ever. That sounds like an ideal direction in literature to me.

[LikeSoTotallyRandom]

yesyesyes. JK Rowling is my childhood hero and greatest inspiration.

[MrWally360]

I like you shirt sooo much. If you got it for the holidays, which card did the shirt come with? I got the quidditch keeper dev from emerson card.

[teenwriter89]

I have never seen the Harry Potter books as just a children's series. These are the books that taught me to read, to engage, to imagine. These are the books that have inspirited hundreds of thousands of youth to write their own stories. I think yes, a Nobel Prize would be grand. However, I also believe it to not be necessary. After all, Harry will always be magical and will always be there for the next gen., whether or not there's a little sticker on the cover.

[nddulac]

I've said for some time that Harry Potter will stand the test of time as one of the best works in the history of English language literature. She uses all of the classic literary styles and story telling mechanisms (such as hero's journey and literary alchemy) in addition to being a ridiculous commercial success. The commercial part is of no interest to the Nobel trust, but the former should be. (And with Rowling, the deeper you look, the more interesting underlying structure you find!)

[carrotsareawesome]

It's not impossible. Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf won the nobel prize for literature in 1909 and she's most known for her children's book The Wonderful Adventures of Nils. Apparently the Academy's motivation was "because of the noble idealism, vivid imagination and soulfulness of the depiction, that characterize her writing." Sound familiar?

[chocolaterockz]

I don't think she should, even though I do love her a lot! : ) I just don't believe that she is the best representative for brilliant and wonderful literature. She's a writer but not a true wordsmith of the highest order.

[TheyCalledMeHunter]

@froregon The same way any author has, he inspired and changed the way people think. These are some reasons he won the Pulitzer for poetry.

[froregon]

Oh good, I've been waiting for a livestream.

[froregon]

@TheyCalledMeHunter How did Robert Frost ever change the world?