Why Stephen King won't win the Nobel Prize

[@Salad507]

Stephen King has had a huge impact in pop culture just like Bob Dylan had it on the American song. His books have had multiple movie adaptations, and some of those have become some of the most influential films of all time. If not for the quality of his prose (which is debatable) his legacy deserves recognition.

[@alien777]

So did h p lovecraft or Agatha christie and These are better writers

[@Kubooxooki]

I've been wanting to have this conversation with someone for so long! Thanks for talking about this. Great topic!

[@paulbernal6088]

Shakespeare & Ben Jonson would have laughed at Bloom. Milton would have loathed Bloom & Bloom would have had Milton reconsidering free speech. King has it all: craft, art, intelligence, & he knows how to have a good time while tackling difficult subject matter. He's a genius.

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

Sorry, we may not be following along yet. Could you please elaborate on your point?

[@funstuff4262]

@@DWHistoryandCulture Bloom is a snob.

[@Burgalo2001]

He deserves to take that prize!

[@beethoven2351]

This was an excellent and highly thought provoking video. You did a good job of weighing the pros and cons. It's just one person's opinion, but in view of the fact that the award is for lifetime achievement in a field that seeks to entertain as well as inform, King should be strongly considered.

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

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[@alembert6183]

Don't forget Jorge Luis Borges!

[@milomilo5634]

Not a single screenplay has won a Nobel Prize, yet screenplays are more influential than novels, plays, or poetry.

[@swerve361]

@@milomilo5634 well screenplays are dependent on visual literacy.

[@swerve361]

Thats like giving the avengers an Oscar 😂 the oscars would lose all credibility if that happens.

[@jenslempke7501]

Hearts in Atlantis, Stand by me (The body),The green mile and many more epic stories besides being the best horror/mystery writer in the world, King is a master of describing enviroments and characters. I think he actually DO deserve the Nobel Prize.

[@elissonsilvasantos9716]

Coca-Cola should be awarded a Nobel Prize for its effort in public health because that's what people actually drink

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

Sorry, we may not be following along yet. Could you please elaborate on your point?

[@Wrtvrxgvcf55]

​@@DWHistoryandCulture He's juxtaposing the popularity of coca-cola as a drink everyone around the world enjoys with its obviously unhealthy nature. just because coca-cola is popular, and has been an important icon of American / western pop-culture for over a century does not make the drink itself have any merit. Basically, he's comparing Stephen King (a popular writer whose popular books have influenced American / horror pop-culture and have even lead to movie adaptations being given the academy award) to coca-cola in that respect. he's calling King's writing sweet, fizzy nothing that is outclassed by better writers that are actually making important differences in the world by giving a voice to the under class (Steinbeck), turning literary style on its head (Hemmingway), and doing their best to delve deeper into the human spirit and psyche (Hesse).

[@Christobanistan]

Ok "in which field" is what Obama should have said. He was just as confused! 😂

[@n0p4l]

"I am ecstatic that Bob Dylan has won the Nobel. A great and good thing in a season of sleaze and sadness." - @Stephen King - 13/Oct/2016 Maybe it is time someone asks him if he wants to win it.

[@mixerD1-]

People don't want to be nominated for NPs anymore. They've become a booby prize. Getting one is an affirmation that you have no talent or youre not actually good at what you've been nominated for. King should definitely get one.

[@luisaoc7378]

give the Nobel to ANNE CARSON while she lives, g-ddamn it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MrUndersolo]

If he wins it, the Prize would become even more insignificant than it already is. Excellent video...and I'm a King fan. Only problem is his work is a mile wide and an inch deep.

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

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[@ryangayo9641]

Chekhov, Proust, Joyce, Woolf, Kafka, and Storni were nowhere near the Nobel Prize in Literature because they were never nominated in the first place. Search the Nobel nomination archive. If they were nominated, they will be included in the committee's deliberations and earn chances of winning. Before naming famous literary figures who never got the prize, try researching first why.

[@squamish4244]

As if literary fiction isn't its own genre.

[@m.a.1416]

the same reason a good mass hit movie wouldn’t win an oscar

[@greyshadow6576]

4:40 Of course they are all white it's Sweden for God's sake! 😂 Great documentary btw

[@_george_jorge2067]

Who cares about Nobel prizes when you have a vast fame worldwide? 🤷🏻‍♂️ His impact on some basic areas of literature is obvious whether some people like it or not!

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[@thomasnelson3280]

Like most "prizes" and "awards", they are kind of useless and self-serving. I will say though, all of the winners deserve their recognition as a nod to their success, but there are many many more who may deserve equell accolades. I think the Nobel is best for science, where there is no debate about "concrete" positive contributions to humanity.

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

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[@Vmvmvmvmvn]

It's easier to write bad books than good ones, that's why King is so prolific.

[@funstuff4262]

Snob

[@captaincat999]

So US-centered. Who cares about his horror stuff, except for Hollywood. Also, 400M books sold does NOT equal 400M readers lol.

[@annieluminarias463]

Evil makes me vomit

[@jorgeluisrimbaud4945]

Bob Dylan deserves the Nobel Prize. Period.

[@Snarl_Marx]

I love Bob Dylan but I respectfully disagree.

[@Vmvmvmvmvn]

@@Snarl_Marx Why? He might not have created a new form of expression, but he surely perfected the ones that were already in place, and no one has done better since him.

[@PassingShot]

One of history’s greatest writers. Of course he should.

[@ericwall6315]

So I took a class on the Nobel Prize when I was in college. One of the assignments was to write a nomination letter. I chose to nominate Stephen King for the prize in Literature. I hope one day King’s being awarded the prize actually happens.

[@evansclan4eva49]

Stephen King should get the Nobel Prize. You want proof? Let me present exhibit a, Different Seasons.

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

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[@duranmario]

One of the reasons is because is a bad writer

[@zulfimohd2490]

The man has a closed mind. He is a faithful leftist and doesn't even give the right wing even the benefit of consideration. A writer should be more open. That's the reason I feel he doesn't deserve Nobel prize for literature

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

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[@topzonefze6057]

Stephen King wrote many books, but pulp books and trashy. You have no idea about literature. Popular pulp books never get any literery award. Pls D W channel produced a outrated document.

[@jeromeblue3854]

Because he’s a very bad writer.

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

No need to be mean, even if you don't like his work.