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- The last American prizewinner for literature was Toni Morrison, in 1993Guardian: Nobel prize judge slams American literature (October 1, 2008)
- Other Americans who have won include Saul Bellow, Isaac Bashevis Singer, John Steinbeck, William Faulkner and Eugene O'Neill
- Americans who have been considered but never won include Joyce Carol Oates and Philip RothGuardian: Nobel prize judge slams American literature (October 1, 2008)
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The Nobel Prize for Literature for 2008 will be announced October 9, according to the Nobel committee. Horace Engdahl, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy and a top member of the award jury, commented on September 30, 2008, that the United States was too insular and ignorant to compete for the prize with the rest of the world's writers.Guardian: Nobel prize judge slams American literature (October 1, 2008) Huffington Post: Nobel Literature Chief Bashes American Literature (September 30, 2008)
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"Of course there is powerful literature in all big cultures, but you can't get away from the fact that Europe still is the center of the literary world ... not the United States." -- Horace Engdahl Huffington Post: Nobel Literature Chief Bashes American Literature (September 30, 2008)-
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