...is awarded to the Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek "for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power".
Since Jelinek's work is unknown to me (which hardly distinguishes her from most living fiction writers), I will await comments from readers on the merits of her work and this award.
UPDATE: This year's winner has a homepage!And here is an informative article, which includes this encouraging bit of information: "Jelinek retired from public life in 1996 after rightwing politicians from Joerg Haider's Freedom Party (FPOe) used her name in campaigns, denouncing her work as low and immoral art." "Low" and "immoral" art is my favorite kind! And being denounced by NeoNazis is certainly a good sign.
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