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Source: National Public Radio: Morning Edition

Roundup

10-9-08

French Novelist Wins Nobel Prize In Literature [audio 3 min 57 sec]

The Swedish Academy announced Thursday that Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature. In making the announcement, the academy praised the author for his adventurous novels, essays and children's literature.

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