I think I haven’t read any of his novels. It is a shame:( I will start reading soon…
Wikipedia entry on Mr. Llosa
Peru’s Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel Literature Prize
from Hurriyet Dailynews
Peruvian-Spanish author Mario Vargas Llosa won the 2010 Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the Swedish Academy said.
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Surveying religious knowledge
from The Immanent Frame by The Editors
Following the release last week of the results of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life?s U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey, which was widely reported as having demonstrated Americans? considerable lack thereof, we invited a dozen leading scholars to weigh in on the survey?s significance.
What, we asked, do the results of Pew?s quiz tell us about knowledge?and ignorance?of religion in the United States? And how important is the sort of religious knowledge that the survey tested to American public life?
Scientist wins both IgNobel and Nobel prizes
from Boing Boing by Maggie Koerth-Baker