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LAST October, the Swedish Academy stunned the world of letters with its announcement that France’s Patrick Modiano had been awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Nobel literature win for French author Modiano

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Chinese writer Mo wins Nobel Prize

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Stroke-afflicted poet wins Nobel Prize for literature

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Nobel winner’s latest novel based on Irish nationalist Casement

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Peruvian author wins Nobel Prize for literature

Tales of life behind Iron Curtain secure Nobel literature nod

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.

Fri, 09 Oct, 2009