Nadine Gordimer reflects on her Writing Life. With a profile by Marie Arana.

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Nadine Gordimer’s essay appeared in The Washington Post as part of Marie’s Book World series, “The Writing Life.”  Scroll to the bottom to read Marie’s profile of the writer. The essay and profile can be found in the book, “The Writing Life.” August 5, 2001 Sunday  A Nobel Prize-winner, on being a product of a…

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Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel Prize for literature

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The 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature has gone to a writer whose name is well known to and widely venerated by the global literary community: the deeply intellectual, undeniably talented Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa.

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Nobel Prize in Literature

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It took more than a century to get here, but last year finally made it obvious: It’s time to throw out the Nobel Prize in literature.

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