A PERUVIAN author whose latest novel is based on the life of Irish nationalist Roger Casement has been awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature.

Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa has won this year's Nobel prize for literature.

Americans Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson won the Nobel economics prize today for their work in economic governance.

HERTA MUELLER, a member of Romania’s ethnic German minority who was persecuted for her critical depictions of life behind the Iron Curtain, won the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature yesterday in an award seen as a nod to the 20th anniversary of communism’s collapse.

Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller won the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature today.