Piano Teacher&quot; author wins Nobel
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Austria&#39;s Elfriede Jelinek won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday for novels and plays that starkly depict violence against women, explore sexuality and condemn far-right politics in Europe.
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The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize was today presented with her award in Oslo against a backdrop of drums and dancers.
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Elfriede Jelinek, an Austrian novelist and playwright whose work provocatively explores gender issues and power relationships in contemporary society, was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature yesterday. She is the 10th woman to receive the literature prize in its 103-year history.
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Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus, often called the banker to the poor, received the Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday for his efforts to relieve poverty as a cornerstone for building peace.
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Wangari Maathai of Kenya won this year&#39;s Nobel Peace Prize for her work to promote democracy, protect the environment and improve social conditions in Africa, said the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
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An American and a Norwegian won the 2004 Nobel Memorial Prize in economic sciences yesterday for research on how government policies affect economies and why supply-side shocks like high oil prices can dampen business cycles.
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Two economists known for their work on the forces behind economic booms and busts have won this year&#39;s Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said yesterday.
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Austrian novelist Elfriede Jelinek is awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize for Literature.
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STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - A Norwegian and an American won the 2004 Nobel Prize in economics on Monday for their work illustrating how the world&#39;s money supply affects international trade.
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One winner was lecturing in Norway when he found out. The other was sleeping in Arizona. Finn Kydland of Norway and American Edward Prescott -- colleagues since the 1970s -- learned Monday they had won the 2004 Nobel Prize in economics.
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Austrian novelist, playwright and poet Elfriede Jelinek, 57, won the Nobel Prize in literature, the Swedish Academy said Thursday, citing her ability to reveal &quot;the absurdity of society&#39;s clich Des and their subjugating power.
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STOCKHOLM: Controversial Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek yesterday won the 2004 Nobel Literature Prize, only the 10th female laureate in its history, but said she could not pick it up due to a &quot;social phobia.
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The Swedish Academy announced yesterday that it has awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize for Literature to novelist and playwright Elfriede Jelinek.
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Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan woman who started an environmental movement that has planted 30 million trees in Africa and who has campaigned for women&#39;s rights and greater democracy in her home country, won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize yesterday.
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Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet Elfriede Jelinek has won the 2004 Nobel Prize for Literature. Ms. Jelinek is the first woman since 1996 to obtain the coveted prize, worth $1.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Austrian novelist, playwright and poet Elfriede Jelinek, 57, won the Nobel Prize in literature, the Swedish Academy said Thursday, citing her ability to reveal "the absurdity of society's cliches and their subjugating power."   The decision to award the prize to a woman - and a poet - was the first since 1996, when Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska won. Since the prize was first handed out in 1901, only nine women have won it...
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STOCKHOLM/VIENNA: Elfriede Jelinek on Thursday became the 10th woman and first Austrian to win the Nobel Literature Prize. Speculation had been rife that a woman would win.