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JRR Tolkien's Nobel prize chances dashed by 'poor prose'

Lord of the Rings author, nominated by CS Lewis, rejected by 1961 jury, newly opened archive reveals

The Lord of the Rings might have spawned a thousand pallid imitations, been crowned the UK's best-loved book and sold millions of copies around the world, but according to newly declassified documents, it was damned by the Nobel prize jury on the grounds of JRR Tolkien's second-rate prose.

From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk

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