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Kathy
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Oct 07, 2024 08:38PM
I support Marguerite Yourcenar and Françoise Sagan.
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Jen wrote: "I would support de Beauvoir and Duras if that one is a go!"I also support Duras and de Beauvoir!
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It's nice to see such a variety of pairs!
I'll also let you know how many pairs you can support, but of course you can support as few as you wish.
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Please let me know if I missed any supporting votes!
You can now support 6 pairs in total!
The nominations for additional pairs will stay open until October 14.
Then we'll have the semi-final round.
I also support Duras and de Beauvoir!Related to Yourcenar and Sagan, it's hard to say that I have no Sagan books, but I'll try to find one.
So, I support Yourcenar and Sagan, too.
So many choices! The Japanese were a sort of joint nomination but if we call it Lorraine's then I give my supporting vote for it!I'll also support Masters of Fairy Tales and The Finer Things. Yay for lots of women authors again this year.
Rosemarie, for the Japanese it was Jen. I just indicated the two I would prefer.Here are the three for me
Two Prize-Winners from France: from Lorraine
Simone de Beauvoir
Marguerite Duras
Two Japanese Novelists-from Jen
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Kōbō Abe
The Finer Things in Life-from Lorraine
Marguerite Yourcenar-France
Françoise Sagan-France
Thanks
Jen wrote: "So many choices! The Japanese were a sort of joint nomination but if we call it Lorraine's then I give my supporting vote for it!I'll also support Masters of Fairy Tales and The Finer Things. Yay..."
ahahah I told Rosemarie it was you for the Japanese!
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Rosemarie wrote: "If you've suggested a thread, that means you support it already, which means you can support 6 other pairs."Thank you Rosemarie. I will review
I support:Two Prize-Winners from France: Simone de Beauvoir and
Marguerite Duras
Luís wrote: "From Japan, I second Tanizaki. From Italy, I second Alba de Céspedes. And from Algeria, I second Albert Camus."Luís, are you still supporting any of these now that the pairs are officially organized? Cuz it doesn't look like Rosemarie counted any of this yet as your votes.
Haha, I may or may not be selfishly checking in on this ;)
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Rosemarie wrote: "Jen, go back and take a closer look! 😉"?? perhaps there's something wrong with the way GR is appearing for me- ugh! I don't see his votes there and I thought you had a vote for the Happy Couple and that doesn't show anymore either. Strange that whole lines of text are missing!
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If you are using the app, Jen, things disappear all the time!
The last time I checked, Luis' support for both pairs of French female authors was there.
@Rosemarie and Luís- ah in that case, please note the original message of Luís that I was replying to where he expressed interest in Camus, de Cespedes, and Tanizaki. But this was before we figured out the pairs you would accept.
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I'm happy that things got back to normal!
I want to support Camus and Céspedes, even.
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Added.
I want to support this pairTwo French authors of detective novels: from Nancy
Gaston Leroux
Émile Gaboriau
Thank you
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Two French authors of detective novels: from Nancy
Gaston Leroux
Émile Gaboriau
Thank you"
Added!
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If anyone has any more ideas for pairs, we can start really early for 2026!
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Two Scandinavian Dramatists ➕➕
Henrik Ibsen
August Strindberg
Masters of the Fairy Tale ➕
Jacob Grimm
Hans Christian Andersen
Ancient Greek Dramatists ➕➕
Tragedy-Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides
Comedy-Aristophanes
Spanish Civil War Connection➕
Federico García Lorca
Mercè Rodoreda
Academie Francaise
François Mauriac
Joseph Kessel
French Detective Novelists
Gaston Leroux
Émile Gaboriau
French Female Prize-Winners ➕➕➕
Simone de Beauvoir
Marguerite Duras
Two Japanese Novelists ➕
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Kōbō Abe
The Finer Things in Life ➕➕➕
Marguerite Yourcenar
Françoise Sagan
Cross-Cultural Connection➕
Albert Camus
Alba de Céspedes
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You can vote for three pairs of authors.
I support Two Scandinavian Dramatists; French Female Prize-Winners & The Finer Things in Life
I support French Female Prize-Winners and The Finer Things in Life.
Almost forgot:I also support Ancient Greek Dramatists
Not sure how this work. But I support French female Prize-Winners, The Finer Things in Life and Two Japanese Novelists. Or again I should not vote for the pair I proposed?
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I'm adding the votes to the list as they come in, Lorraine.
Rosemarie wrote: "Lorraine wrote: "Not sure how this work. But I support French female Prize-Winners, The Finer Things in Life and Two Japanese Novelists."I'm adding the votes to the list as they come in, Lorraine."
Thanks Rosemarie.
If I can add a vote, I would go for the French Detective Novelists but not sure how many votes we are allowed...
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Most of the choices look excellent, but in an utterly inadequate gesture of solidarity, my "authors from around the world" reading in 2025 will consist entirely of Palestinian and Lebanese authors - starting in the first quarter of the year with Fadwa Tuqan, Gassan Kanafani, and Edward Said.
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You can support three pairs.
Rosemarie wrote: "Please feel free to share your thoughts on What classic are you reading? John."Thanks Rosemarie, I'll do that as I go through next year.
I vote Cross Cultural, Spanish, and Fairy Tales
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With 3 votes each:
1. The Finer Things in Life
2. French Female Prize Winners
With 2 votes each:
1. Scandinavian Dramatists
2. Ancient Greek Dramatists
Runners up with One vote each:
1. Masters of the Fairy Tale➕
2. Japanese Novelists➕
3. Spanish Civil War Connection➕➕
4. Cross-Cultural Connection
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In case of another tie, the selection will be a Moderator's Choice, if necessary!
The non-winning selection will be added to next year's list.
Spanish Civil War Connection for me please.
I would vote again for 3. Spanish Civil War Connection
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I just read a novel that I think was amazing. The author wrote in Yiddish. He was from Poland and I’ll try and think of another author from Poland.
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