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Nobel Prize for Literature

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 French 
 Writer 
 Le Clézio 
 Wins Nobel 

Novelist, who lives part-time in US, wins $1.4M prize

(Newser) - This year's Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, reports the AP, a novelist often called France's greatest living writer. The Swedish Academy praised him as an "author of new departures, poetic adventure, and sensual ecstasy." The 68-year-old, who lives part of the year in New Mexico, is the first French author to win the $1.4 million prize since 1985. More »

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 Winning Nobel
 a Disaster:
 Lessing 

Literature award has left British author with no peace and quiet—or time to write

(Newser) - Author Doris Lessing says winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007 was a "bloody disaster" for her and her work. The 88-year-old author of The Good Terrorist and The Golden Notebook told the BBC she is in constant demand and has written little since winning. "All I do is give interviews and spend time being photographed," she complained. More »

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