Herta Mueller

Chinese Nobel literature laureate Mo Yan on Friday took a swipe at his critics in the traditional Nobel lecture, saying their target "had nothing to do" with him and urging them to read his books.

China's Nobel literature winner Mo Yan heads to Sweden Wednesday to collect his award, but he walks a delicate line with the authorities and is likely to avoid mentioning in his speech jailed fellow laureate Liu Xiaobo.

Dozens of artists, festival organisers and producers reiterated their call for independence for Romania's top cultural body in a signed letter to the Senate Monday asking for it to be left alone.

Artists and intellectuals Thursday voiced concerns over the independence of cultural institutions in Romania, saying the government wants to use a top cultural body as a "propaganda tool".

A German literature festival has organised a global reading Tuesday in honour of imprisoned Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, supported by luminaries including Salman Rushdie and J.M. Coetzee.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two poets, one Swedish and the other Syrian, are leading the betting to win the 2011 Nobel Literature prize, a bookmaker said on Tuesday, though past prizes have often defied the predictions.

Predicting the Nobel Literature Prize winner is near-impossible as the Swedish Academy stays tight-lipped and often honours writers off the beaten path -- so could it be Syrian poet Adonis this year?

Iran warned on Tuesday that campaigns to free two German journalists detained over the case of a woman sentenced to death by stoning will "backfire" and urged Germany to avoid politicising the issue.

Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa wins 2010 Nobel Prize in literature, 1st South American since 1982. Mario Vargas Llosa, the newest winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, has never found much honor in boundaries.

Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa wins 2010 Nobel Prize in literature, 1st South American since 1982. Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa won the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday as the academy honored one of the Spanish-speaking world's most acclaimed authors and an outspoken political activist who once ran for president in his tumultuous homeland.

Mario Vargas Llosa, a giant of Latin American literature whose political ambitions saw him run for president of his native Peru, finally won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday at the age of 74.

Mario Vargas Llosa, a giant of Latin American literature whose political ambitions saw him run for president of his native Peru, finally won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday at the age of 74.

Peruvian-Spanish author Mario Vargas Llosa won the 2010 Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the Swedish Academy said.

Winners of Nobel Prize in literature since 1960. Winners of the Nobel Prize in literature since 1960:

The Nobel Medicine Prize winner will be named Monday, kicking off a week of prestigious award announcements including the two that are most watched, Literature and Peace.

The ghosts of communism and bitter memories that infused the novels of 2009 Nobel laureate Herta Mueller haunted her first trip back to her native Romania this week since winning the prestigious award.

Nobel jury picks literature prize winner, announcement set for Thursday. The Swedish Academy has selected the winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature and will announce the decision next week after a formal vote, the panel's spokesman said Friday.

A record five women were among the 13 people awarded Nobel Prizes, including a writer who depicted life behind the Iron Curtain and two American researchers who showed how chromosomes protect themselves from degrading.

Nobel Prizes honor a record 5 women in 2009 for chromosome research, economics and literature. A record five women were among the 13 people awarded Nobel Prizes on Thursday, including a writer who depicted life behind the Iron Curtain and two American researchers who showed how chromosomes protect themselves from degrading.

Nobel literature winner Herta Mueller inspired by fear of death under communists in Romania. The 2009 Nobel literature prize winner Herta Mueller said Monday she started writing when it was no longer possible to use spoken words to describe the despicable events in her native Romania under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu.