Author Adichie wins Orange Prize
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Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is named the winner of the Orange Prize for fiction.
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Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai has become the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize for aiding the continent&#39;s poor with a campaign to plant millions of trees to slow down deforestation.
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Pulitzer-winning US author Cormac McCarthy wins the UK's oldest literary award, the James Tait Black Prize.
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The winner of this yearâs Man Booker Prize spoke of his joy at scooping the prestigious Â£50,000 (â¬72,100) award. Alan Hollinghurstâs novel The Line of Beauty, about Thatcherism and gay sex, beat David
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Jeremy Deller, the artist behind a film about US President George Bushâs home town, was tonight named the winner of this yearâs Turner Prize.
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Elfriede Jelinek, known best for her autobiographical novel turned movie, The Piano Teacher, won the Nobel Prize for Literature this Thursday for her in-depth plays and novels covering subjects on violence on women, sexuality and European politics.
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German-born artist Tomma Abts won the Turner Prize, one of the art world's most controversial awards, on Monday for her minimalist canvasses that the judges praised for their "rigor and consistency."
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Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Darfur human rights activist Mossaad Mohamed Ali won the Olof Palme Prize on Tuesday for their work to protect human rights, peace and security.
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Elfriede Jelinek, an Austrian novelist and playwright whose work provocatively explores gender issues and power relationships in contemporary society, was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature yesterday. She is the 10th woman to receive the literature prize in its 103-year history.
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The world's largest literary event, the Frankfurt Book Fair, drew to a close with the awarding of the German book trade's prestigious peace prize to Hungarian novelist Peter Esterhazy.
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Chimamanda Adichie says she did not expect to win the Orange Prize for Fiction, despite being favourite.
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Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize today for her work as leader of an organization that has planted more than 30 million trees across Africa.
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Jeremy Deller, the London-based artist who describes himself as âpart alchemist, part social anthropologistâ, is the winner of this year&#39;s Â£25,000 Turner Prize.
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A Kenyan environmentalist and human rights campaigner has been awarded the Nobel peace prize, becoming the first African woman to win the prestigious award since it was created in 1901.
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NPR.org, October 7, 2004 Â· Austrian novelist and playwright Elfriede Jelinek won the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, becoming only the ninth woman to receive the honor.
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Arts & entertainment: Â· Judges hail 'astonishing' story of Biafra conflictÂ· Writer's second novel voted top title by readers
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Nigerian author Chinua Achebe has been awarded a prestigious international award for literature, beating authors such as Salman Rushdie, Doris Lessing and Margaret Atwood, organisers said Tuesday.