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[Erik T. Burns]

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^Austrian novelist and poetess Elfriede Jelinek wins Nobel

Prize in literature<

^Eds: LEADS with winner announced, ADDS details; Will be

led with comment, reax.<

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^AP Photo planned<

^By MATT MOORE=

^Associated Press Writer=

¶ STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) _ Austrian novelist and poetess

Elfriede Jelinek, 57, won the Nobel Prize in literature,

the Swedish Academy said Thursday, citing her "musical

flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that

with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of

society's cliches and their subjugating power."

¶ The decision to award the prize to a woman, and a poet,

was the first since 1996, when Polish poet Wislawa

Szymborska won.

¶ Since the prize was first handed out in 1901, only nine

women have won it.

¶ The 18 lifetime members of the 218-year-old Swedish

Academy, of whom only four are women, made the annual

selection in deep secrecy last week.

¶ For any writer, there could hardly be any greater honor

than winning the Nobel Prize. But for an author whose work

isn't widely translated, it opens doors to new markets,

and sales.

¶ The prize also brings a financial security net, too: A

check of more than 10 million kronor ( 1.1 million, US$1.3

million).

¶ ___

¶ On the Net:

¶ Nobel Prizes: http://www.nobelprize.org
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