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oeuvre'Canada's Anne Carson has won the Nobel Prizein Literature,worth 12 million Swedish crowns,or about $1.7-million.The announcement wasmade Thursday in Stockholm.  \nBRAD WHEELER  \nThe 76-year-old modernist poet,translator,classics scholar and member of the Order ofCanada was recognized for \"her bold and in-ventive oeuvre that,in playful dialogue withthe classical tradition,has created new formsfor contemporary literature.\"  \nShe is the third Canadian to be awarded theprize,given to a living writer for outstandingcareer contributions in literature.  \n“Anne Carson has,throughout her entirecareer,combined poetry writing with transla-tion work and teaching at various universities.Almost all her literary production has centred  \nIAN URBINA  \nhina's Xinjiang region,Xinjiang.Together,the moun-located on the country's far ttains,while breathtaking to looknorthwest frontier.  is aat,keep much of Xinjiangland of unforgiving extremes.starved of moisture.Barely 15Defined by mountains and a vastcentimetres of rain fall everydesert,the area -which is alsoyear across the region's 1.6 mil-known as the Xinjiang Uyghurlion square kilometres.Autonomous Region-makes upThe result is that a huge swathone-sixth of the country's landof Xinjiang is taken up by Chi-mass.na's largest desert,the Taklama-kan.Home to colossal sand-storms,the Taklamakan's ever-shifting dunes can top 200metres,earning it a variety ofgrim names,including the Landof Ruins and the Sea of Death.  \nAt Xinjiang's southwest bor-  \nder stands K2 at 8,611 metres,the  \nsecond-highest mountain in the  \nworld.Nearly one out of six clim-  \nbers has died trying to reach K2's  \nsummit,making attempts to  \nscale it far more deadly than try-Remarkably,China has founding to reach the top of Mount Ev-a way to bring fish to this inhos-erest.pitable region.Between theThe Karakoram Range,where 196os and now,China has estab-  \nWEEKEND WATCHING  \nCOURTS  \nGalloway accuser threatened  \nto sue UBC for up to 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