Tolkien and the Nobel Prize

[Earniel]

You know, I never even thought about it, was Tolkien ever nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature? Reading this BBC article, turns out he was, by C.S. Lewis.

But we'd remember if he had won it, wouldn't we? So here's why not:

The Nobel prize jury said "the result has not in any way measured up to storytelling of the highest quality".

Ouch.