They've announced that the 2015 Man Booker International Prize -- a biennial £60,000 prize, awarded to: "a living author for a body of work published either originally in English or available in translation in the English language" -- goes to the eminently worthy Krasznahorkai László (who has won the Best Translated Book Award two years running).
He is splitting the the £15,000 translator's prize between two of his translators, George Szirtes and Ottilie Mulzet.
The list of ten contenders for the prize was a very solid one, but there's little question that Krasznahorkai is deserving of the honor.
He is splitting the the £15,000 translator's prize between two of his translators, George Szirtes and Ottilie Mulzet.
The list of ten contenders for the prize was a very solid one, but there's little question that Krasznahorkai is deserving of the honor.