‘I believed it’: John Banville was told he won 2019 Nobel Prize in hoax call

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The organisers of the Nobel Prize for Literature are investigating a hoax phone call informing the Irish author John Banville that he was to receive this year’s award.

Banville received a call, which appeared to come from the Swedish Academy’s offices, telling him he was one of two winners about half an hour before Thursday’s ceremony in Stockholm announcing the recipients of this year’s prize.

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Teleks: Jant van der Weg kriget Fryske Anjer

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Jant van der Weg krijgt op 3 december de Friese Anjer overhandigd. Dat heeft commissaris van de koning, Arno Brok, haar zaterdag op haar verjaardag laten weten.

Jant van der Weg-Laverman schreef een groot aantal kinderboeken. Daarnaast vertaalde ze beroemde kinderboeken in het Fries, zoals Ronja de roversdochter van Astrid Lindgren en Afkes tiental van Nienke van Hichtum.

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