Paraguay novel wins US prize
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A novel set in 19th century Paraguay wins the $10,000 fiction prize at the US National Book Awards.
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John Updike has won yet another literary award. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author is this year's recipient of the Rea Award, a $30,000 honor for making a "significant contribution to the discipline of the short story as an art form."
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Arts & entertainment: 'Father of modern African literature' beats formidable shortlist to Â£60,000 prize.
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Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska received the prestigious Romulo Gallegos literature prize Tuesday for her novel "El Tren Pasa Primero" ("The Train Passes First").
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Mary Gordon, author of several works of fiction and nonfiction, has won the third annual Story Prize for short fiction. Gordon will receive $20,000 for "The Stories of Mary Gordon," prize organizers announced Wednesday.
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The comprehensive and chilling account  of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, written by  the U.S. government's 9/11 Commission, was nominated for one of  America's top literary awards on Wednesday.
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Austrian novelist and playwright  Elfriede Jelinek won the Nobel Prize for Literature on  Thursday, the Swedish Academy said.
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By Alistair Bell MEXICO CITY  - Latin American literary giantGabriel Garcia Marquez has won the last laugh on copyrightpirates by changing the ending of his latest book, the Nobellaureate's first novel in 10 years.
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A book on Ernesto &#39;Che&#39; Guevara&#39;s home life written by his widow will be published in Cuba in March 2008, Cuban publishing officials said Thursday.
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An American reporter's account of the surreal world inside Baghdad's top security Green Zone was named on Monday as winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize, billed as the world's richest award for non-fiction.
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Kiran Desai's "The Inheritance of Loss," winner last fall of the Man Booker Prize, received another literary honor Thursday night: the National Book Critics Circle fiction award.
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The John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to childrenâs literature was awarded on Monday to âGood Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village,â by Laura Amy Schlitz. The American Library Association announced the prize at its midwinter meeting in Philadelphia. The book, a series of monologues and dialogues about characters in the Middle Ages, is illustrated by Robert Byrd and published by Candlewick Press. Its format is different from the more traditional novels that have characterized past Newbery winners. The winner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children was âThe Invention of Hugo Cabret,â by Brian Selznick. That book, published by Scholastic Press, is also different from the more traditional short picture books for young children that win the Caldecott medal. âHugo Cabretâ is a novel told in blocks of text interspersed with 284 pages of black-and-white drawings.
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The US commission report into the 11 September attacks is nominated for National Book Award.
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After an opening wipeout against Argentina, the United States is hoping to bounce back against Paraguay tonight in the Copa AmÃ©rica. The Americans took an early lead against Argentina on Thursday, then gave up four straight goals. With a poor goal differential, the United States probably needs at least a tie against Paraguay to keep alive its chances of advancing.
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A new literary prize was launched on  Thursday with a top award of $100,000 for one lucky unpublished  U.S. writer, but publishing insiders warned that the $85 entry  fee makes it akin to a lottery.
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Norwegian author Per Petterson and his  translator Anne Born won the world&#39;s richest literary prize for  a single work of fiction in English on Thursday for the novel  &quot;Out Stealing Horses.&quot;
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CARSON, United States : MetroStars midfielder Amado Guevara was named Major League Soccer Most Valuable Player, the seventh player from outside the United States to win the US league&#39;s top solo honor.