Thanks for the query Tim and for the pointer Ricky. No, I'd never tuned into Elfriede Jelinek. Nice to read those poems and to read about the author and her work, which clearly divides audiences in quite an extreme way. I guess the Nobel was especially for Die Kinder der Toten, but it must have taken some courage for the Nobel committee to choose to celebrate work often dismissed as pornography or low-grade vituperation. At least one member resigned in protest.
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