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Jon Olav Fosse (born 29 September 1959) is a Norwegian author and dramatist. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature "for his innovative plays and prose, which give voice to the unsayabl...

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Jon Olav Fosse (born 29 September 1959) is a Norwegian author and dramatist. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature "for his innovative plays and prose, which give voice to the unsayabl...

10/5/2023

Annie Ernaux (née Duchesne; born 1 September 1940) is a French writer and professor of literature. Her literary work, mostly autobiographical, maintains close links with sociology. Ernaux was awarded t...

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Annie Ernaux (née Duchesne; born 1 September 1940) is a French writer and professor of literature. Her literary work, mostly autobiographical, maintains close links with sociology. Ernaux was awarded t...

10/6/2022

Abdulrazak Gurnah , FRSL (born 20 December 1948) is a Tanzanian novelist who is based in the United Kingdom. He was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and went to the UK as a refugee in the 1960s during...

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Abdulrazak Gurnah , FRSL (born 20 December 1948) is a Tanzanian novelist who is based in the United Kingdom. He was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and went to the UK as a refugee in the 1960s during...

10/8/2021

Peter Handke (born 1942) is an Austrian Nobel laureate novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director and screenwriter. In 2019, Handke was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for an influent...

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Peter Handke (born 1942) is an Austrian Nobel laureate novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director and screenwriter. In 2019, Handke was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for an influent...

10/10/2019

[[ Wikipedia EN] Olga Tokarczuk ] (born 1962) is a Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual who has been described as one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful authors of...

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[[ Wikipedia EN] Olga Tokarczuk ] (born 1962) is a Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual who has been described as one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful authors of...

10/10/2019

Kazuo Ishiguro OBE FRSA FRSL カズオ・イシグロ or 石黒 一雄 , born 8 November 1954, is the Nobel Prize of 2017 in Literature Winning British novelist, screenwriter and short story writer. He was born in Nagasaki, J...

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Kazuo Ishiguro OBE FRSA FRSL カズオ・イシグロ or 石黒 一雄 , born 8 November 1954, is the Nobel Prize of 2017 in Literature Winning British novelist, screenwriter and short story writer. He was born in Nagasaki, J...

10/5/2017

Bob Dylan MP

"Bob Dylan", "Shabbetai Zissel"

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman ; Hebrew name: Shabtai Zisel ; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, artist and writer, and Nobel laureate. He has been influential in popular music and...

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Bob Dylan MP

"Bob Dylan", "Shabbetai Zissel"

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman ; Hebrew name: Shabtai Zisel ; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, artist and writer, and Nobel laureate. He has been influential in popular music and...

10/13/2016

Svetlána Alexándrovna Alexiévich (born 31 May 1948 in Stanislaviv, Ukrainian SSR) is a Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer who writes in Russian. She was awarded the 2015 N...

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Svetlána Alexándrovna Alexiévich (born 31 May 1948 in Stanislaviv, Ukrainian SSR) is a Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer who writes in Russian. She was awarded the 2015 N...

7/17/2016

Henri-Louis Bergson (French pronunciation: [b%C9%9B%CA%81ks%C9%94n] 18 October 1859 – 4 January 1941) was a major French philosopher, influential especially in the first half of the 20th century. Bergs...

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Henri-Louis Bergson (French pronunciation: [b%C9%9B%CA%81ks%C9%94n] 18 October 1859 – 4 January 1941) was a major French philosopher, influential especially in the first half of the 20th century. Bergs...

4/8/2015

See: The Modiano Family Tree - C5 Patrick Modiano (born 30 July 1945) is a French novelist. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2014, having previously won the Austrian State Prize for European Li...

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See: The Modiano Family Tree - C5 Patrick Modiano (born 30 July 1945) is a French novelist. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2014, having previously won the Austrian State Prize for European Li...

10/9/2014

Alice Ann Munro (née Laidlaw; born 10 July 1931) is a Canadian author. The recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature and the 2009 Man Booker International Prize for her lifetime body of work, she...

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Alice Ann Munro (née Laidlaw; born 10 July 1931) is a Canadian author. The recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature and the 2009 Man Booker International Prize for her lifetime body of work, she...

10/10/2013

Winston Churchill MP (1874 - 1965)

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill KG OM CH TD PCc DL FRS RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician, statesman, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United ...

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Winston Churchill MP (1874 - 1965)

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill KG OM CH TD PCc DL FRS RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician, statesman, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United ...

8/26/2013

Guan Moye , better known by the pen name Mo Yan is a Chinese novelist and short story writer. Donald Morrison of U.S. news magazine TIME referred to him as "one of the most famous, oft-banned and widel...

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Guan Moye , better known by the pen name Mo Yan is a Chinese novelist and short story writer. Donald Morrison of U.S. news magazine TIME referred to him as "one of the most famous, oft-banned and widel...

8/26/2013

Rabindranath Tagore MP (1861 - 1941)

Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর), also written Ravīndranātha Thākura , sobriquet Gurudev , was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with C...

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Rabindranath Tagore MP (1861 - 1941)

Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর), also written Ravīndranātha Thākura , sobriquet Gurudev , was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with C...

1/1/2012

Tomas Gösta Tranströmer (born 15 April 1931) is a Swedish writer, poet and translator, whose poetry has been translated into over 60 languages. Tranströmer is acclaimed as one of the most important Sca...

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Tomas Gösta Tranströmer (born 15 April 1931) is a Swedish writer, poet and translator, whose poetry has been translated into over 60 languages. Tranströmer is acclaimed as one of the most important Sca...

12/4/2011

Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize in Literature 2010 MP

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Premio Nóbel de Literatura, 2010. Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa , 1st Marquis of Vargas Llosa (born March 28, 1936) is a Peruvian-Spanish writer, politician, journalist, essayist, and Nobel Prize laur...

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Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize in Literature 2010 MP

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Premio Nóbel de Literatura, 2010. Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa , 1st Marquis of Vargas Llosa (born March 28, 1936) is a Peruvian-Spanish writer, politician, journalist, essayist, and Nobel Prize laur...

12/4/2011

Herta Müller (born 17 August 1953) is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet and essayist noted for her works depicting the effects of violence, cruelty and terror, usually in the setting of Communist R...

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Herta Müller (born 17 August 1953) is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet and essayist noted for her works depicting the effects of violence, cruelty and terror, usually in the setting of Communist R...

12/3/2011

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (born 13 April 1940), usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio, is a French author and professor. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for ...

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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (born 13 April 1940), usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio, is a French author and professor. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for ...

12/3/2011

Doris May Lessing CH (née Tayler; born 22 October 1919) is a British writer. Her novels include The Grass is Singing, The Golden Notebook, and five novels collectively known as Canopus in Argos.Lessing...

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Doris May Lessing CH (née Tayler; born 22 October 1919) is a British writer. Her novels include The Grass is Singing, The Golden Notebook, and five novels collectively known as Canopus in Argos.Lessing...

12/3/2011

Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born 7 June 1952), generally known simply as Orhan Pamuk, is a Turkish novelist. He is also the Robert Yik-Fong Tam Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, where he teach...

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Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born 7 June 1952), generally known simply as Orhan Pamuk, is a Turkish novelist. He is also the Robert Yik-Fong Tam Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, where he teach...

12/2/2011