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Nobel Prize for Literature stories: 8 news summaries

(Newser) - With Herta Mueller joining the ranks of Nobel laureates today, it seems like a good time to look back at some of the other literary giants that have been honored since the turn of the century. For a full list of all the winners since 1960, check the AP source.... More »

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 German Novelist 
 Herta Mueller 
 Wins Nobel 
 for Literature 

Romanian-born writer explores themes of exile, dictatorship

Oct 8, 09 6:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Nobel Prize in literature was awarded today to Herta Mueller, a Romanian-born German novelist and poet whose work has explored the brutality of life under the Ceausescu dictatorship. Deprived of her job and threatened by the regime, she fled to Germany in 1987. The Land of Green Plums, published... More »

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 García Márquez 
 Finished With 
 Writing: Agent 

Giant of Latin American literature's oeuvre is complete

Apr 2, 09 12:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - The world has probably already seen the complete work of Gabriel García Márquez, the Guardian reports. Friend and fellow author Plinion Apuleyo Mendoza said last year that the creator of magical realism was working on a new novel, but his agent recently quashed that rumor. "I don't... More »

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Latin America • Colombia • literature • author • novel • book • Nobel Prize for Literature • Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Appreciation

Above All, Pinter Was Remarkable, Loyal Friend

Playwright lives on in his plays, already considered modern classics

Dec 25, 08 2:12 PM CST
(Newser) - He didn’t always like the plays of Harold Pinter, who died yesterday at 78, but Guardian theater critic Michael Billington says he’s sure they “will endure wind and weather, because he understood the insecurity of human life.” Billington, also Pinter’s biographer, remembers the “poet’... More »

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OBITUARY

 Theater Giant 
 Harold Pinter 
 Dead at 78 

Outspoken playwright was awarded Nobel in 2005

Dec 25, 08 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Harold Pinter, one of the foremost playwrights of the 20th century, has died of cancer at the age of 78. He began his career as a poet before writing such classic plays as The Caretaker and The Homecoming, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2005. His widow, Antonia Fraser,... More »

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 French 
 Writer 
 Le Clézio 
 Wins Nobel 

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

Oct 9, 08 7:01 AM CDT
(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... More »

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France • literature • Nobel Prize • Nobel Prize for Literature • Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

 Winning Nobel
 a Disaster:
 Lessing 

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

May 12, 08 9:24 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Doris Lessing Wins Nobel Prize

Feminist pioneer awarded literature's top honor

Oct 11, 07 6:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Swedish Academy has awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Literature to Doris Lessing, the Persian-born British author whose novels stand at the center of the feminist movement. The author of such classics as The Golden Notebook and The Good Terrorist did not figure among pundits' predictions for this year's... More »

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