<div id="subtitle">Nobel literature prize goes to little-known European amid concern other regions ignored</div><div><p>The judges, apparently, could not help themselves.</p><p>Just two days after a Nobel Prize official worried the literature committee was too "Eurocentric," the winner for 2009 was Herta ...

<div><p>STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Israeli writer Amos Oz is favorite to be picked for the 2009 Nobel literature prize next Thursday, but with the judging notoriously hard to predict, he is far from a safe bet.</p><p>Oz, who deals with life in modern Israel in his novels, and reflects decades ...

<div id="subtitle">Report: Horace Engdahl resigns as secretary of the academy that awards Nobel literature prize</div><div><p>Horace Engdahl will step down as permanent secretary of the academy that awards the Nobel Literature Prize, Swedish media reported Saturday.</p><p>"According to a decision that ...

<div id="subtitle">Nobel literature jury suspects leak after surprising number of bettors chose Le Clezio</div><div><p>A surprising number of bettors correctly chose French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio to win the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature — leading the award jury to suspect a leak.</p>&lt ...