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# JRR Tolkien’s prose inspired many games, but the Nobel jury was not impressed.
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/jrr-tolkiens-prose-inspired-many-games-but-the-nobel-jur/
- Published: 2012-01-26T16:51:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T15:27:16.000Z
- Description: Author of The Lords of the Rings, a book which influenced exactly half of all computer games made before 1990, J.R.R. Tolkien was once nominated for a Nobel prize in literature. He didn’t get it. Why? The prose of Tolkien – who was nominated by his friend and fellow fantasy author CS Lewis – “has no
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Author of *The Lords of the Rings*, a book which influenced exactly half of all computer games made before 1990, J.R.R. Tolkien was [once nominated for a Nobel prize in literature](http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/05/jrr-tolkien-nobel-prize?CMP=twt%5Ffd&ref=killscreen.com). He didn’t get it. Why?

> *The prose of Tolkien – who was nominated by his friend and fellow fantasy author CS Lewis – “has not in any way measured up to storytelling of the highest quality”, wrote jury member Anders Österling.*

Seriously? How could anyone who penned [the “Taters” scene from the film](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UonMvtstWc&ref=killscreen.com) NOT win a Nobel prize. (Full disclosure: I have no idea if that is taken from the book.)

*\-Jason Johnson*

\[[Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/05/jrr-tolkien-nobel-prize?CMP=twt%5Ffd&ref=killscreen.com)\]