In this Sept. 8, 2008 file photo, author Philip Roth poses for a photo in the offices of his publisher Houghton Mifflin, in New York. AP Photo logo AP Photo 9 months ago

In this Sept. 8, 2008 file photo, author Philip Roth poses for a photo in the offices of his publisher Houghton Mifflin, in New York.

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  1. These recent file photos show authors in the running for the 2009 Nobel Literature Prize, the winner of which is scheduled to beannounced on Thursday, October 8, 2009 in Stockholm. Top row from left are: US writer Philip Roth; Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa; Algerian writer Assia Djebar; Canadian author Alice Munro; US author Joyce Carol Oates. Middle row from left are: Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes; Vietnamese writer Duong Thu Huong; Canadian writer Margaret Atwood; US author Cormac McCarthy; South Korean author Ko Un. Bottom row from left are: Lebanese writer of Syrian origin Adonis (Ali Ahmad Said); Spanish writer Luis Goytisolo; Israeli author Amos Oz.

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  1. These recent file photos show authors in the running for the 2009 Nobel Literature Prize, the winner of which is scheduled to beannounced on Thursday, October 8, 2009 in Stockholm. Top row from left are: US writer Philip Roth; Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa; Algerian writer Assia Djebar; Canadian author Alice Munro; US author Joyce Carol Oates. Middle row from left are: Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes; Vietnamese writer Duong Thu Huong; Canadian writer Margaret Atwood; US author Cormac McCarthy; South Korean author Ko Un. Bottom row from left are: Lebanese writer of Syrian origin Adonis (Ali Ahmad Said); Spanish writer Luis Goytisolo; Israeli author Amos Oz.
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  3. In this book cover image released by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, "The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws," by Margaret Drabble, is shown.

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