Literature

Nobel literature winner draws inspiration from deserts (Santa Fe New Mexican)

11 Oct 2008

Photo: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio. STOCKHOLM, Sweden — France's Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for works characterized by "poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy" and focused on the environment, especially the desert.

Betting makes Nobel literature jury suspect leak (Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news)

10 Oct 2008

By KARL RITTER, Associated Press Writer. A surprising number of bettors correctly chose French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio to win the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature _ leading the award jury to suspect a leak.

‘Nomadic’ French writer Le Clezio cited with Nobel prize in literature (Chinapost.com.tw)

10 Oct 2008

Sarkozy as a “child of all continents� who embodied a globalized world, won the 2008 Nobel prize for literature on Thursday.