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British Novelist Doris Lessing Dies at 94

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Doris Lessing who won the heart of many with her literature and in 2007 was awarded with the Nobel Prize for Literature died today. She was 94. “I can’t say I’m overwhelmed with surprise,” she told reporters outside her London home as she emerged from a cab with a bag full of groceries. “I’m 88 years old and they can’t ... Read More »

Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize in literature

Canadian writer Alice Munro, a thorough but forgiving documenter of the human spirit, won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for being a “master of the contemporary short story,” the Swedish Academy said.Munro is the first Canadian writer to receive the prestigious $1.2 million award since Saul Bellow, who won in 1976 and left for the U.S. as a ... Read More »