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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 Authors face off for prestigious Booker Prize The winner of the 2008 Booker Prize, one of the world's most prestigious literary awards, was to be named on Tuesday, with authors from India, Britain, Australia and Ireland among those in the running.   Nations:Ireland U.K. Australia India   Source:(AFP)   2008-10-14 Headlines 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 American wins France's top literary prize 2006-11-07 Nobel laureate Le Clezio receives Swedish literature prize 2008-10-26 France's Le Clezio wins Nobel literature prize 2008-10-09 Excerpt from Gao Xingjian's "Soul Mountain" 2000-10-13 New Yorker publishes work of French Nobel laureate 2008-10-19 Authors face off for prestigious Booker Prize 2008-10-14 Chinese Nobel prize winner Gao Xingjian says writer must oppose society 2000-10-19 Photo: Gao Xingjian 2000-10-13 Chronology of Nobel Literature Prize Winners 2000-10-13 Press Release: The Nobel Prize for Literature 2000 2000-10-13 Two Americans, Swede Share Nobel Medicine Prize 2000-10-09 Playwright Pinter wins Nobel literature prize 2005-10-13 Nobel Laureate Arrives in Hong Kong 2001-01-29 Nobel Winner To Visit Hong Kong 2000-12-23 Frenzied speculation in countdown to Nobel Literature Prize 2008-10-09 Lessing wins Nobel literature prize 2007-10-11 Nobel Literature Prize to be announced Thursday 2006-10-06 American wins Nobel chemistry prize 2006-10-04

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