Austrian Novelist Jelinek Wins Nobel Prize

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Austrian feminist writer Elfriede Jelinek won the Nobel Prize in literature, the Swedish Academy said Thursday, citing her "musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays."

The decision to award the prize to a woman, and a poet, was the first since 1996, when Wislawa Szymborska of Poland won. Since the prize first was handed out in 1901, only nine women have won it.

Jelinek, 57, made her literary debut with the collection "Lisas Schatten" in 1967. Her writing took a critical turn after her involvement with the student movements that were prevalent throughout Europe in the 1970s, coming out with her satirical novel "We Are Decoys, Baby!"

That was followed by other works, including "Wonderful, Wonderful Times" in 1990 and "The Piano Teacher" in 1988, which was made into an acclaimed film in 2001 by director Michael Haneke and starred Isabelle Huppert.

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[JitterbugPerfume]

1. cool seeing a woman

get such recognition

way to go !!

[Rose Siding]

2. Her latest work "a strident attack on the U.S. war in Iraq"

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Her latest play, "Bambiland," written in 2003 and translated into English in 2004, is a strident attack on the U.S. war in Iraq, although Horace Engdahl, secretary-general of the academy, emphasized that the prize should not be interpreted as a political comment.

"When that play came out, this decision was -- if not already made -- then well under way," he said.

Engdahl said "Bambiland" depicts how "the patriotic enthusiasm turns into insanity." And, he added, "she's completely right about that."