They've announced that Julian Barnes wint Europese Literatuurprijs 2012 -- a 'best European'-book prize awarded by the Dutch, with €10,000 going to the winning author, and €2,500 to the translator(s).
Since it's a book prize it is, of course, The Sense of an Ending (well, Alsof het voorbij is, in Ronald Vlek's translation) that won the prize.
Most of the books that made the shortlist are under review at the complete review:
Most of the books that made the shortlist are under review at the complete review:
- C by Tom McCarthy (which was also shortlisted for the German Internationale Literaturpreis - Haus der Kulturen der Welt)
- The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq
- The Truth about Marie by Jean-Philippe Toussaint