Tuesday, October 14, 2008

News at Eleven: [Jean-Marie Gustave] Le Clezio, 68, is the first

French writer to win the prestigious award since Chinese-born Frenchman Gao Xingjian was honored in 2000 and the 14th since the first Nobel Prizes began in 1901.

The decision was in line with the Swedish Academy's recent picks of European authors and followed days of vitriolic debate about whether the jury was anti-American.

from Daily Herald: France's Le Clezio wins Nobel literature prize

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1 comment :

Anonymous said...

le clezio is a wonderful nomad writer that he deserved it for his cosmopolitan books

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