Almost Nobel-Prize Winners, Part 2: Three Russians
GENINT 721.750
Osher (50+). In this course, we read the works of three Russian authors whose work has been deemed worthy of the Nobel-Prize in Literature but who did not win the prize.
Every year, the Swedish Academy sends out requests regularly for nominations of candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Members of the Academy, members of literature academies and societies, professors of literature and language, former Nobel literature laureates and the presidents of writers' organizations are all allowed to nominate a candidate (besides themselves). We read short stories of three celebrated literary figures, all Russian—Tolstoy, Chekhov and Nabokov—whose work has been deemed worthy of the Nobel-Prize in Literature but who have not won the prize. Leo Tolstoy was nominated five consecutive times (from 1902-1906), Vladimir Nabokov was nominated eight times, and Anton Chekhov was never nominated.
Plus members pay only $40 for this course. Enrollment limited. Visitors not permitted.
You must be at least 50 years old and a current member of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UCLA to enroll in this course. If your membership has expired or if you wish to become a new member, please proceed with enrolling in courses and you will be automatically prompted to add a membership during checkout.
Please download a free version of zoom at https://zoom.us/ to participate in this course.
Refund Deadline
No refunds after October 01, 2024
Course Requirements
(Optional)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories
by Leo Tolstoy
Vintage Classics
ISBN 978-0307388865
Fifty-Two Stories
by Anton Chekhov
Vintage Classics
ISBN ?978-0525562382
(Optional)
Nabokov's Dozen: Thirteen Stories
by Vladimir Nabokov
Penguin Classics
ISBN 978-0241302484
Schedule
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Discussion
Mon Sep 23, 2024
1:00PM PT - 3:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Mon Sep 30, 2024
1:00PM PT - 3:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Mon Oct 7, 2024
1:00PM PT - 3:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Mon Oct 21, 2024
1:00PM PT - 3:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Mon Oct 28, 2024
1:00PM PT - 3:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Mon Nov 4, 2024
1:00PM PT - 3:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Mon Nov 11, 2024
1:00PM PT - 3:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Mon Nov 18, 2024
1:00PM PT - 3:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Mon Dec 2, 2024
1:00PM PT - 3:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
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