Hugarian novelist wins German award
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FRANKFURT, Germany, Oct 11, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Hungarian novelist Peter Esterhazy has won a prestigious peace prize worth $18,600 at the Frankfurt, Germany Book Fair, the BBC ...
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The German author of the World War II novel Das Boot, made into an Oscar-nominated film, dies aged 89.
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STOCKHOLM The Austrian novelist, playwright and poet Elfriede Jelinek will receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy said Thursday, citing her &quot;musical flow of voices and countervoices in novels and plays that with extraordinary
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Austrian novelist, playwright and poet Elfriede Jelinek, 57, won the Nobel Prize in literature, the Swedish Academy said Thursday, citing her ability to reveal "the absurdity of society's cliches and their subjugating power."   The decision to award the prize to a woman - and a poet - was the first since 1996, when Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska won. Since the prize was first handed out in 1901, only nine women have won it...
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Winners of the Nobel Prize in literature since 1960:
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Until this morning, not many non-Germans knew that a woman called Elfriede Jelinek existed. This state of unknowing underwent a dramatic change with an oracular announcement: The Nobel Prize in Literature
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Britain's Doris Lessing, too ill to attend an award ceremony last year, received the Nobel prize for literature on Wednesday saying there was no higher accolade for a writer except, perhaps, "a pat on the head from the Pope".
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"The Lives of Others", a drama about a secret policeman in Communist East Germany, won the top prize at the European Film Awards on Saturday held in Poland's capital.
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Reclusive Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek received her Nobel literature prize at the Swedish embassy in Vienna on Friday, as a "social phobia" illness has kept her from traveling to Stockholm.
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German author and Nobel literature laureate Guenter Grass has urged this year's prize winner, reclusive Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek, to travel to Sweden to pick up her award.
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Treachery's afoot in a taut, terrific German thriller
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A German film that caused controversy over its star's porn movie past triumphed at the 17th European Film Awards on Saturday when it picked up the prize for best film.
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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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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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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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A drama about communist East Germany wins the top European Film Award and Penelope Cruz best actress.
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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.