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If you look at the list of nominees it's not exactly a mark of lasting impact https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nominees_for_the_Nob...
Nominees don’t really mean that much. The list of nominators allows for a lot of people to be put forward. The list of actual laureates is probably better to look at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates_in_Lit... And given the global nature of the award, it’s not necessarily surprising if many of the names are unfamiliar. I’m pretty familiar with writers in English, but would have a hard time naming…
I knew of less than half the winners and I read a fair amount. If they were impactful, they would have been translated...