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1Awarding him the literature prize has also brought criticism from previous winners.
2In 1964 French writer and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre refused the literature prize outright.
3Elfriede Jelinek's literature prize in 2004 led one academy member to resign in dismay.
4Prosecutors questioned the Nobel literature prize-winner Svetlana Alexievich on Wednesday.
5Once again and unlikely as ever, Bob Dylan is among the bookies' favourites for the literature prize.
6That said, only a songwriter of exceptional influence should be allowed to bully his way into a literature prize.
7The last time the literature prize was not awarded was in 1943, at the height of World War Two.
8The writer Ashleigh Young has won a prestigious US literature prize for non-fiction writing, worth over 230 thousand US dollars.
9On The Town: It's just one celebration after another for Harold Pinter, who won the Nobel literature prize on Thursday.
10Earlier, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the Swedish Academy of rewarding human rights violations by awarding the literature prize to Handke.
11The literature prize was awarded to the American poet Louise Glück on Thursday for her "candid and uncompromising" work.
12Yesterday, London-born playwright Harold Pinter was awarded the 2005 Nobel literature prize, worth €1.07 million.
13Facebook Twitter Pinterest Zadie Smith in Berlin, 2016, where she was awarded the 2016 Welt literature prize.
14Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk won the Nobel literature prize today, for his multitude of works that deal with the symbols of clashing cultures.
15STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two external members of the Nobel literature prize committee quit on Monday after criticizing the scandal-hit Swedish Academy.
16The most notable aspect of Alice Munro's literature prize win this week, for instance, was that she was fast asleep when she won it.
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