Nobel Prize in Literature
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2015: Svetlana Alexievich, Belarus, “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time”

2014: Patrick Modiano, France

2013: Alice Munro, Canada

2012: Mo Yan, China

2011: Tomas Tranströmer, Sweden

2010: Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru

2009: Herta Mueller, Germany

2008: J.M.G. Le Clézio, France

2007: Doris Lessing, UK

2006: Orhan Pamuk, Turkey
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Source: NobelPrize.org Picture: Getty Images

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