Prize: Athens Prize for Literature
They recently held the Athens Prize for Literature at the Greek National Library, awarded for a best Greek novel and a best novel in translation; that page has all the finalists -- which, in...
View ArticlePrize: Nike Nagroda Literacka
They've announced that Książka twarzy by Marek Bieńczyk has been awarded the Nike Nagroda Literacka -- the leading Polish literary prize [via]. See also the PAP report, Poland's top...
View ArticlePrize: German Book Prize
They've announced that Landgericht, by Ursula Krechel, has won this year's German imitation-Man Booker Prize, the German Book Prize, from among 162 entries. Though it's only been around for a...
View ArticleNobel Prize countdown: two days and counting
- We know the Swedish Academy has settled on who to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to, and that the winner's name will be announced on Thursday, 11 October, at 13:00. (I'd suggest that the...
View ArticleFrisch & Co.
Here's an interesting new fiction-in-translation publisher: Frisch & Co. who: will publish contemporary foreign fiction in English-language translation for e-book reading devices....
View ArticlePrize: Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize
They announced the winner of the Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize a few days ago, and Granta prints Philip Hand's winning translation of Han Dong's story 'The Wig'.
View ArticlePrize: Nigeria Prize for Literature shortlist
And then there were three, as, for example, The Guardian (Nigeria) reports, Three vie for Africa's biggest literary prize, as: The Advisory Board for the Nigeria Prize for Literature sponsored...
View ArticlePrizes: EU Prize for Literature
Yes, Winners of the 2012 European Union Prize for Literature announced at Frankfurt Book Fair. Given that they announce a dozen winners it feels a bit watered down; still, the money --...
View ArticleNobel Prize countdown: one day and counting
Tomorrow at 13:00, Stockholm time, the winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced. So what of note has happened since yesterday, as the announcement draws near ?...
View ArticleJoseph Anton review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Salman Rushdie's memoir of his fatwa-years, Joseph Anton -- a frustrating good/bad book (and definitely not the definitive...
View Article(American) National Book Awards finalists
They've announced the (American) National Book Awards finalists in their various categories (fiction, non, poetry, and YA); predictably, none of the books are under review at the complete...
View ArticleThe Nobel Prize in Literature goes to ...
The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced at 13:00 CET today (you can watch the announcement live there); I'll report on the winner in this space as soon as possible after that, with...
View ArticleSouth African Literary Award nominees
The Books Live weblog has all the 2012 South African Literary Award Nominees -- with categories including Afrikaans, IsiZulu, and Sesotho fiction (some of these, alas, with not much competition...
View ArticleMan Booker sales data
The Guardian offers the always fascinating Booker Prize 2012: Sales for all the winners and the 2012 shortlist. Lots of numbers to be amazed by -- and I'm shocked to see that even...
View ArticleNobel Prize 2012: Prediction post-mortem
A variety of articles have looked at the betting on the Nobel, the pre-announcement predictions, and more generally the variety of often unexpected winners that have emerged over the years....
View ArticleNobel Prize 2012: Reactions
After playing down expectations before the prize announcement, the Chinese now have of course enthusiastically embraced the honor -- finding, for example (and sadly): Mo Yan's success...
View ArticleNobel Prize 2012: The announcement date
So about the timing of the award: as I've mentioned, I was a bit surprised that the Swedish Academy decided to announce the Nobel Prize this Thursday. True, it fits nicely in the whole Nobel...
View ArticleNobel Prize 2012: Mo Yan
As noted yesterday -- already with extensive linkage -- Mo Yan was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature. Here now some more information and additional links. A few more...
View ArticleMan Booker shortlisted books
The winner of the Man Booker Prize will be announced on Tuesday (Ladbrokes is taking bets on this, too: Will Self is the favorite at 6/4, Hilary Mantel is at 9/4), and in The Guardian they have...
View ArticleBook-banners on the European book-fair circuit ?
At Tablet James Kirchick finds a Sinister Trend in Publishing, as: 'Saudi Arabia, China, and Iran ban books. Why are they being honored on the European book-fair circuit ?'
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