'Reverse provincialism' denied Karen Blixen Nobel prize
The Danish author had committee's majority support in 1959, but lost out amid anxiety that too many Scandinanvians had already won
Out of Africa author Karen Blixen missed out on a Nobel prize for literature because judges were concerned about showing favouritism to Scandinavian writers, according to Danish reports.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Monday, 1 February, 2010
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