Interview: Leon Wieseltier discusses the awarding of the Nobel Prize for literature over the years From: All Things Considered (NPR) | Date: October 10, 2002| Author: ROBERT SIEGEL | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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10-10-2002

Interview: Leon Wieseltier discusses the awarding of the Nobel Prize for literature over the years

Host: ROBERT SIEGEL
Time: 9:00-10:00 PM

ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

By winning the Nobel Prize for literature, Imre Kertesz joins the ranks of Faulkner, Beckett, Camus and Pasternak. He also joins the ranks of Selma Lagerlof, Sully Prudhomme and Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam. Since it was first conferred in...

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