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STOCKHOLM — Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk on Thursday won the 2018 Nobel Literature Prize, which was delayed over a sexual harassment scandal, while Austrian novelist and playwright Peter Handke took the 2019 award, the Swedish Academy said.Tokarczuk, 57, considered the most talented Polish novelist of her generation, was honored "for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life".Her books portray a polychromatic world perpetually in motion, with characters' traits intermingled and language that is both precise and poetic.Tokarczuk's first novel, "The Journey of the People of the Book," released in 1993, chronicles a failed expedition to find a mysterious book.The daughter of a school librarian,...
October 10, 2019
Olga Tokarczuk, Peter Handke win Literature Nobels
October 10, 2019
Mexico says last goodbye to legendary singer Jose Jose
October 10, 2019
Ozzy Osbourne says he's recovering,'not dying,' but again postpones tour
October 09, 2019
Twitter spat between footballers' wives Rooney and Vardy grips Britain
October 09, 2019
Rihanna blasts Trump in new Vogue interview
October 09, 2019
Pioneers of lithium-ion battery win Nobel Chemistry Prize
October 08, 2019
Chalamet goes unto the breach with Henry V role
BUSAN, South Korea — One of the most prolific actresses of all time, Kim Ji-mee has been dubbed South Korea's Elizabeth Taylor for her looks, popularity, and a string of high-profile marriages which challenged social taboos.As an actress and producer she featured in more than 700 films before retiring in the 1990s, but her personal life was equally groundbreaking at a time when divorce in South Korea carried enormous stigma for women.Now 79, her extraordinary life has been highlighted at this year's Busan film festival, Asia's largest, where six of her movies were shown and she gave a series of talks.In a sleek grey suit matching her silver pixie cut, Kim oozed elegance and poise in an interview."I had to be strong... in order not to be suppressed," she said."I...
October 08, 2019
Film fest highlights tumultuous life of 'South Korea's Liz Taylor'
October 08, 2019
Kim Kardashian praises climate activist Thunberg and hopes for meeting
October 08, 2019
British MPs seek answers about post-Brexit toilet paper
