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Chapter & Verse Herta Muller calls Mo Yan's Nobel win 'a catastrophe'
Nobel Prize laureate Herta Muller accuses Mo Yan of praising his country's censorship laws and calls his win 'a slap in the face for all those working for democracy and human rights.'
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Chapter & Verse Literature's Nobel Prize and the case – or not – for insularity
Has the perceived value of empathy and compassion begun to pale before our concern that literature must engage with the world?
10/14/2011 02:54 pm -
Chapter & Verse Why Tomas Transtromer won the 2011 Nobel Prize for literature
Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer has been awarded the Nobel Prize for literature with poetry that "gives us fresh access to reality."
10/06/2011 10:02 am -
Chapter & Verse Authors take aim at Google Books with a lawsuit against five US universities
An international group of writers are suing five American universities for copyright infringement – and sending a warning to Google Books.
09/13/2011 12:45 pm -
Mario Vargas Llosa wins 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature. Who else won in the past decade?
Mario Vargas Llosa has won the 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature. The Peruvian author and former presidential candidate received the prestigious Cervantes Prize in 1995 and is the first South American author to win the Nobel since Gabriel García Márquez won the award in 1982. Here are the past decade's winners.
10/07/2010 02:11 pm -
Chapter & Verse "Thanks, Herta Muller!" The Nobel prize lifts a small press
10/16/2009 01:00 am -
With Elinor Ostrom, Oliver Williamson, US nearly sweeps Nobels
The two economists were awarded Nobel Prizes Monday. Eleven of the 13 Nobel Prizes went to Americans, but that's hardly an endorsement of the country's policies.
10/12/2009 01:00 am
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