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Chile's 97-year-old poet Nicanor Parra has won the Cervantes Prize, the culture ministry said Thursday, the oldest person to win the leading literary award for works in Spanish.The prize honours a writer's life work and it carries with it a cash award ...

A jury including provocative French writer Michel Houellebecq handed out a book prize Wednesday dubbed the "Goncourt for pets", in a nod to France's top literary award, to a Paris vet and first-time writer.Awarded by the French animal protection group 30 Millions ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - This year's Nobel Prize for Literature will be announced on Thursday, the Swedish Academy, which hands out the 10 million Swedish crown ($1.46 million) award, said on Monday.Bookmaker Ladbrokes has Syrian poet Adonis as favorite to win the prize, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Belgrade-born author Tea Obreht was the surprise winner on Wednesday of Britain's Orange Prize for Fiction with her debut novel "The Tiger's Wife," a mystical, magical examination of the recent conflicts in the Balkans.At 25, Obreht is the youngest ...

Chilean poet Gonzalo Rojas, who was forced into exile after the 1973 military coup, died Monday after suffering a debilitating stroke two months ago, one of his sons said. He was 93.The poet, considered one of the greatest Latin American writers, won ...

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - A novel set in a future where an unchecked global population has created an apocalypse took the top fiction prize in Australia's IP Picks unpublished book awards on Wednesday.The awards, now in their 11th year, are aimed at ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A children's story about a British boy who encounters racism and bullying in the classroom after emigrating to Zimbabwe in the early 1980s was among the Costa Book Award winners announced on Tuesday."Out of Shadows," set during Robert ...

The longlist for the Man Asian Literary Prize was announced Monday, with Japanese author Kenzaburo Oe, winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature, heading an Indian-dominated field.Six titles by Indian authors were named on the 10-strong list vying for Asia's answer ...

Former British Lions hooker Brian Moore has won the coveted William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award for 2010.. Moore collected the prize this lunchtime for his life story, entitled 'Beware of the Dog: In the book, Moore talks not only ...

Indian police were investigating Tuesday whether a Booker Prize-winning author and a hard-line Kashmiri separatist leader can be tried for sedition for questioning India's claim to disputed Kashmir.. Author Arundhati Roy and separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani are accused of saying ...

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Topic: Literary Awards

Chilean poet Nicanor Parra wins Spanish top prize

French writer Houellebecq joins 'Goncourt for pets' jury

Nobel Literature winner to be announced October 6

Obreht youngest winner of UK's Orange fiction prize

Chilean poet Gonzalo Rojas dead at 93: family

Post-apocalyptic novel wins Australian book award

Children's book about Zimbabwe among Costa winners

Nobel winner leads Asian literary prize list

Brian Moore book wins prize

Police probe Indian author over Kashmir remarks

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