European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. October s3, 1987 the stars and stripes exiled poet wins Nobel prize in literature sex gulag inmate s work called Rich via Stockholm Sweden a rus Sian poet Joseph Brodsky a former arc tic Tabor Camp in male who left his Home land Tor life in the United slates won the Nobel prize in literature thursday. The swedish Academy cited Brodsky s writing Tor its great breadth in Lime and space. It called i work Rich and in tensely vital.1 Brodsky 47, is one of the youngest laureates Ever awarded he prestigious prize he was forced to leave the soviet Union in 1972 and now lives in new Voik. Brodsky was reported visiting Lon Don. The poet underwent open heart sur Gery in 1979, and British friends said heis in frail health. Born to a jewish family in Leningrad in 1940, Brodsky s work has been trans lated into More than a dozen languages. He attended school until age 15, then worked in factories and at sea As a ship Board Stoker during those years he taught himself philosophy and history of religion and made literacy con acis in Leningrad. He made an intensive study of the Bible in the 1960s. He began to write poetry in 1958. His work was read at Clandestine literary meetings and spread in underground publications during the 1960s. The Academy said in its announce ment that All literature really is about top videos what time does to people Brodsky has said thus indicating a main theme in his writing parting becoming deformed grow ing old dying arc the work of time. Poetry helps us gives us basically the Only possibility of withstanding the pressure of existence the statement said. Brodsky was arrested in 1964 and sentenced to five years hard labor for parasitism at a Camp North of the Arctic Circle. While there his first poems we republished in the West leading to pres sure on Moscow for Bis release. Eighteen months after his trial he was allowed to return to Leningrad where he continued writing. In 1972, he was forced to leave his native land the Academy said. Brodsky s change of environment to the United slates naturally involved severe Strain for the poet the announcement said. In the poem "1972," which was published in a collection called a pan of speech Brodsky depicts How he will gradually lose hair Teeth consonants verbs and  the announcement was made at the 18th-Century Stock Market building where the Academy an in member body of Sweden s leading authors poets and literary critics has its Headquarters. The swedish Media had mentioned dozens of writers As Likely candidates including Brodsky american novelist Joyce Carol gales and Octavio Paz an Carlos Fuentes of Mexico. The Nobel is the world s most coveted prize for writing it also is the richest carrying a Cash award of about 1140,000 and the Prospect of a Boom in sales of published works. Last year s Winner  playwright and novelist Wole Soyinka of Nigeria Afri Ca s first literature laureate. The Academy is a 300-year-old institution established to serve As a watchdog Over the swedish language. Although Independent the Academy had Tome under some pressure to choose a woman this year since no woman had won since German swedish owl Nelly Sachs 21 years ago. There Are no rules but the Academy has a record of giving the prize to a Pool roughly every three years. About 150 candidates Are nominated every year before the list is closed feb. 1. A five person committee reduces the list 10 about a half dozen by the summer when the Academy members begin studying the candidates works in ear nest said one member Gunilla Vall Quill. The literature prize was established by the 189$ Sci Labeitt of dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel. The literature award was the last Noble prize to be announced this . Prizes will be distributed dec. Id in Stockholm and in Oslo Norway. 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But the soft spoken Reti ree is critically reflective about his medal come lately. Why give me a medal he asks calmly. There Sno Way 1 told have left that ship knowing one Man was still on it i just did what i had to  because Mastronardi did what he had to do one member of his old unit is alive today. Others weren t so fortunate. Like to Many american air Crews from world War ii the four survivors of the trigger 3" b-17 Crew have a Story to Tell. It s a tale full of the courage and derring do these stories Are supposed to have. On March 20, 1944, three officers and seven enlisted men took off in their bomber front its base at Deenethorpe one of scores of bomber bases through out Eastern England. Their 11th bombing Mission since arriving in Europe was t much different fro most they d formed up Over the English Channel with the 700 or so other flying ships and headed East to Loose their explosive cargo on nazi Germany. John Katsaros who now lives in hav Chiu mass., remembers the Mission it was a real bad Day said the Waist gunner now a banker and real estate executive. The Cloud cover was up to 27 000. We hit a huge Down draft before Frankfurt and the plane look a several thousand fool  it was t until after the War thai the 10-Man Crew found out that in those moments they had missed the radio message Catling the missions Oil. There was to be no Frankfurt bombing that Day. We bombed Frankfurt All by ourselves Salsa Rossard. German fighters chased the tone b-17 through France on its return. The Soma Liber bullets thai riddled the plane killed two airmen. Two More die later from their wounds. Of the six who survived the crash prison Camps and life in the French resistance four Are alive and Back with Mastronardi. Two have died of natural causes. The living four arc Back mainly because of Malro Nardi. Especially Wall Rusch. Without Frank i would t be Here he said. Rusch then 19 and the youngest tallest and skin Niest of the Crew was hit with shrapnel partially blinded and trapped in his tiny gun Turret in the belly of the plane. He could t open the Turret door and he knew the plane was falling. I had resigned myself to going Down with i Heptane he said. Mastronardi saw Rusch s struggle and plucked out the jammed Bullet casings Locking Mth the Tunkl gear Sand the door. He pulled a dazed Rusch from the hold and strapped a Bullet riddled Parachute to Rusch Schest. He handed him the Pilot Chute looked Rusch in the Eye and pushed him out the door. I followed Wall out Mastronardi said. Mastronardi then a technical sergeant and a radio Man on the bomber Ball Turret gunner staff sgt. Rusch the youngest at 63 Bombardier 2nd it. Ted Krai now 69 and Waist gunner 64-year-old staff sgt. Nauaros came Back to the East Anglian soil they flew from one Spring four decades ago. They Are the Only ones who can. For his Effort Mostro Nirdi this week has come torah Alconbury to get his overdue medal Rusch put him in for ii and made sure he got it hell add the distinguished flying Cross to his purple heart and an air medal. Bui the late recognition in t going to Mastronardi ahead if there s one word i hate it s  semantics maybe but Rusch then the 19-year-Oldkid on the Crew lives today because of Mastronardi. It was just the time and the place and the Circum stance Bat came my Way he said. Committee endorses Rowland nomination Washington a the Senate foreign relations committee on wednesday endorsed the Nomi nation of Richard c. Howland As . Ambassador a Suriname. The nomination approved on a voice vote no goes 10 the full Senate. Howland s3, is the no. 2 Diplomat at the . Embassy in Jakarta Indonesia. He served for three jars during the indochinese War As chief of the political Section of the is. Embassy in Laos. He would succeed Robert a Barbour As ambassador