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Thursday, October 09, 2008

Sure enough

French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Update: 10/10/08: A more extended piece on Le Clezio in the NYT.
Posted by Gavin at 7:24 AM
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