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China's Mo Yan wins Nobel literature prize

First Chinese national to win highest fiction prize praised for "hallucinatory realism" that mixes past and present.

Asia-Pacific Last Modified: 11 Oct 2012 21:48 GMT

Swedish poet wins Nobel literature prize

Swedish Academy announces that Tomas Transtromer will receive the prestigious award worth $1.48m.

Europe Last Modified: 06 Oct 2011 11:36 GMT

Peruvian author wins Nobel Prize

Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the most acclaimed South American writers, has won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Europe Last Modified: 07 Oct 2010 16:45 GMT

UK dramatist wins Literature Nobel

British playwright and poet Harold Pinter, whose juxtaposition of the brutal and the banal resulted in an adjective that bears his name, has won the 2005 Nobel Prize in literature.

Archive Last Modified: 13 Oct 2005 12:08 GMT

Nobel member quits over 2004 prize

As many await the announcement of this year's Nobel literature prize, the Swedish Academy confirmed one of its members had quit in disgust at last year's choice.

Archive Last Modified: 11 Oct 2005 15:37 GMT

Coetzee wins Nobel Literature Prize

South African writer J M Coetzee was awarded the 2003 Nobel Literature Prize, the Swedish Academy said. His lean, allegorical style has drawn comparisons with great Irish dramatist Samuel Beckett.

Archive Last Modified: 04 Oct 2003 10:10 GMT

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