Berlin - Top German literary critic Sigrid Loeffler called Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio "a fairly bizarre choice" for the Nobel literature prize, dismissing his work Thursday as "boring."
Speaking on MDR Info radio, she declared herself surprised and shocked at the award, and suggested Le Clezio may have won simply because no other French author had been picked for so long.
Loeffler has a German-wide reputation as a sharp-tongued reviewer of contemporary books on television.
She said the "monotony and boringness" of Le Clezio's novels had always put her and most readers off.
Paris - Winning a literary prize gives you time and the desire to continue writing, the winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature, JMG Le Clezio, said Thursday.
"Winning a prize represents time, you gain time," the 68-year-old Le Clezio told France Inter radio just hours before he was named the winner of the prestigious award.
"It also gives you the desire to continue writing," he went on. "One writes to be read, to get a response. (A prize) is a response."
Berlin - Top German literary critic Sigrid Loeffler called Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio "a fairly bizarre choice" for the Nobel literature prize, dismissing his work Thursday as "boring."
Paris - Winning a literary prize gives you time and the desire to continue writing, the winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature, JMG Le Clezio, said Thursday.
