tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post3001362236755913988..comments2023-12-21T07:05:42.464-05:00Comments on Erik's Choice: La grande vieErik Donald Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-79636945010939286712008-10-11T22:45:00.000-05:002008-10-11T22:45:00.000-05:00The fact that a French-man won the Nobel Prize for...The fact that a French-man won the Nobel Prize for Literature will certainly annoy the anglophiles. After all, everyone now accepts that English is the international language.<BR/><BR/>I apologise for the satire, but speak as a native English speaker. Then, if English is unacceptable, on grounds of linguistic imperialism, what about Esperanto?<BR/><BR/>Yes Esperanto was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature, in the name of Icelandic poet Baldur Ragnarrson.<BR/><BR/>This is true. Esperanto does have its own original literature. Please check http://www.esperanto.net to confirm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-9204931471357190192008-10-11T12:05:00.000-05:002008-10-11T12:05:00.000-05:00I like the idea that writing is like traveling. I ...I like the idea that writing is like traveling. I think that's true.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-44290274271137614422008-10-11T06:27:00.000-05:002008-10-11T06:27:00.000-05:00He's wrong, of course, about writers not being pro...He's wrong, of course, about writers not being prophets or philosophers. Poetry, in fact, is the highest form of philosophy.--SolomonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com