Doris Lessingâs Nobel Prize
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The unpredictable curmudgeon has written about everything from feminism to sci-fi to cats (twice).
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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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Oslo - Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai will receive the Nobel Peace Prize for 2004 on Friday at a ceremony in Oslo, making her the first African woman and first environmentalist to receive the prestigious award.
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MADRID - Nobel laureate Doris Lessing said the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States were "not that terrible" when compared with attacks by the IRA in Britain.
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Wangari Muta Maathai, founder of Africa&#39;s Green Belt Movement, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, becoming the first African woman to win the world&#39;s most prestigious civilian honor.
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Nobel laureate Doris Lessing said the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States were "not that terrible" when compared to attacks by the IRA in Britain
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Austria&#39;s Elfriede Jelinek won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday for novels and plays that starkly depict violence against women, explore sexuality and condemn far-right politics in Europe.
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Two Americans are sharing this year s Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. Richard Axel and Linda Buck are being recognized for their work studying the biology of the sense of smell.
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Winners of the Nobel Prize in literature since 1960:
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British novelist Doris Lessing will  receive her Nobel prize for literature on Wednesday, having  been unable to attend the prize ceremony in Sweden last year  due to ill health.
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Two US researchers yesterday shared the Â£760,000 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine for their discovery of the molecular machinery behind the scent of lilac in the spring, the bouquet of a vintage burgundy or the smell of napalm in the morning.
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Columbia University researcher Richard Axel, 58, and Seattle scientist Linda Buck, 57, were named Monday as the winners of this yearâs Nobel Prize in Medicine.
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British novelist Doris Lessing will receive her Nobel prize for literature on Wednesday, having been unable to attend the prize ceremony in Sweden last year due to ill health.
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Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing says the 9/11 attacks were 'not that terrible' compared with IRA attacks.
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An emeritus University professor and his former graduate student have been awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for a theory they refined while working together in the 1970s, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday.
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Wangari Maathai rose to prominence fighting for those most easily marginalised in Africa - poor women. The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize was praised by the awarding committee as &quot;a source
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Austrian novelist, playwright and poet Elfriede Jelinek, 57, won the Nobel Prize in literature, the Swedish Academy said Thursday, citing her ability to reveal &quot;the absurdity of society&#39;s clich Des and their subjugating power.