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Sebastian Barry wins Britain's Costa book award LONDON (AFP) - Irish author and playwright Sebastian Barry has won the 25,000-pound Costa Book of the Year award for his novel "The Secret Scripture", the judges said -- even though they disliked the ending.   Source:(AFP)   2009-01-28 Afghan writer wins France's top book award PARIS (AFP) - Afghan writer Atiq Rahimi on Monday won France's top book prize, the Goncourt, for a novel penned in French, "Syngue Sabour", or Stone of Patience.   Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan France   People:Elie Wiesel   Source:(AFP)   2008-11-10 Italy's Veronesi picks up French book prize PARIS (AFP) - Italy's Sandro Veronesi picked up France's prestigious Femina prize for best foreign author Monday, while Jean-Louis Fournier won the French writer's prize with a book on having handicapped children.   Nations:Italy France   Source:(AFP)   2008-11-04 Nobel laureate Le Clezio receives Swedish literature prize STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Nobel-winning French author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio picked up another award on Saturday in Sweden for his work drawn from his vast world travels, jury members said.   Nations:Sweden   Source:(AFP)   2008-10-26 New Yorker publishes work of French Nobel laureate NEW YORK - Nobel laureate Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, little known to American audiences before being named the winner of the literature prize, is getting another introduction to U.S. readers: His work is appearing for the first time in The New Yorker.   Nations:France   Source:(AP)   2008-10-19 Headlines Sebastian Barry wins Britain's Costa book award 2009-01-28 Afghan writer wins France's top book award 2008-11-10 Italy's Veronesi picks up French book prize 2008-11-04 Nobel laureate Le Clezio receives Swedish literature prize 2008-10-26 New Yorker publishes work of French Nobel laureate 2008-10-19 Authors face off for prestigious Booker Prize 2008-10-14 France's Le Clezio wins Nobel literature prize 2008-10-09 Frenzied speculation in countdown to Nobel Literature Prize 2008-10-09 Carol Oates leads Book Critics nominees 2008-01-13 Anne Enright's 'The Gathering' wins Booker Prize 2007-10-17 Lessing wins Nobel literature prize 2007-10-11 Oprah picks Cormac McCarthy's `The Road' 2007-03-29 Turkish Nobel laureate cancels Germany trip 2007-01-31 McCarthy, Eggers up for critics awards 2007-01-21 Vandals desecrate Russian poet Pasternak's grave 2006-11-12 American wins France's top literary prize 2006-11-07 Canadian, Irish authors win prestigious French book prizes 2006-10-31 Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk wins Nobel 2006-10-12 Nobel Literature Prize to be announced Thursday 2006-10-06 American wins Nobel chemistry prize 2006-10-04 Nobel prize winner Naguib Mahfouz dies 2006-08-30 Nobel-winning writer Fo wants to run for Milan mayor 2005-10-17 Playwright Pinter wins Nobel literature prize 2005-10-13 French Nobel literature laureate Simon dies at 91 2005-07-10 Austrian Novelist Wins Nobel Prize in Literature 2004-10-07 Coetzee Wins 2003 Nobel Literature Award 2003-10-02 Syrian poet Adonis seen as Nobel prize front runner 2003-09-30 Nobel prize knocks Gao Xingjian off his feet 2003-03-03 Hungary's Kertesz wins 2002 literature Nobel 2002-10-10 British Writer Wins Nobel Prize in Literature 2001-10-12 Dissident Nobel-winning writer may get honorary doctorate 2001-05-29 Nobel Laureate Arrives in Hong Kong 2001-01-29 Nobel Winner To Visit Hong Kong 2000-12-23 Chinese Nobel prize winner Gao Xingjian says writer must oppose society 2000-10-19 Chinese Writer Gao Xingjian Wins Nobel Lit Prize 2000-10-13 Press Release: The Nobel Prize for Literature 2000 2000-10-13 Excerpt from Gao Xingjian's "Soul Mountain" 2000-10-13 Photo: Gao Xingjian 2000-10-13 Chronology of Nobel Literature Prize Winners 2000-10-13 China's Gao Xingjian Wins Nobel Prize for Literature 2000-10-13 Two Americans, Swede Share Nobel Medicine Prize 2000-10-09 Jose Saramago Wins Literature Nobel 1998-10-08 Most-viewed France's Le Clezio wins Nobel literature prize 2008-10-09 Chinese Writer Gao Xingjian Wins Nobel Lit Prize 2000-10-13 Two Americans, Swede Share Nobel Medicine Prize 2000-10-09 Italy's Veronesi picks up French book prize 2008-11-04 Authors face off for prestigious Booker Prize 2008-10-14 Carol Oates leads Book Critics nominees 2008-01-13 McCarthy, Eggers up for critics awards 2007-01-21 Vandals desecrate Russian poet Pasternak's grave 2006-11-12 American wins Nobel chemistry prize 2006-10-04

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