Israeli author Amos Oz has won the 2008 Heinrich Heine Prize, worth €50,000 (A$82,000).
Israeli author Amos Oz has won the 2008 Heinrich Heine Prize, worth €50,000 (A$82,000). The award is sponsored by the city of Duesseldorf in Germany, the poet's birthplace and will be presented on Heine's birthday, December 13.
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