International literary prize: Ceny Franze Kafky

       The Franz Kafka Prize, which hasn't been around all that long, got a lot of attention a few years back when they awarded the prize in back-to-back years to the authors that went on to take the Nobel Prize in Literature that same year, Elfriede Jelinek and Harold Pinter; ever since, folks have kept a close eye on the winners of this international prize for which:

The basic criterion is the quality and exclusivity of the artwork, its humanistic character and contribution to cultural, national, language and religious tolerance, its existential, timeless character, its generally human validity and its ability to hand over a testimony about our times.

       True, interest might have waned a bit last year, with the award to Daniela Hodrová -- but no doubt it'll be back this year, as they've announced that perennial Nobel hopeful Amos Oz will be getting the prize.
       See also the AP report (here at npr), Israeli Author Amos Oz Wins Franz Kafka Prize.