French author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, a globetrotting novelist hailed as a child of all continents, has won the Nobel prize for literature. The Swedish Academy, which decides the winner of the coveted US$1.4 million prize, praised the 68-year-old's adventurous novels, essays and children's books. Read the full story here
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"It's not often Tessa Duder is lost for words, but the author, editor and playwright admits to being "gobsmacked" when she got word she was being awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Waikato." The full story is on the University of Waikato News page.
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