2006 Guardian First Book award winner announced
Date: December 8, 2006 | Discussion: 1 Comment
The 2006 Guardian First Book award has been given to Yiyun Li for her short story collection A Thousand Years of Good Prayers.
A Thousand Years of Good Prayersby Yiyun Li
In this extraordinary first collection, Yiyun Li brings us a modern China facing up to a complex history of repression and guilt. In “Immortalityâ€, winner of [...]
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2006 Finlandia Prize winner announced
Date: December 8, 2006 | Discussion: No Comments
The 2006 Finlandia Prize — Finland’s most prestigious literary award — has been given to Kjell Westö for his Swedish language novel Där vi en gÃ¥ng gÃ¥tt (”Where we once walked”).
The novel, which is set in the early 20th century Helsinki has not been translated into English, although some of his earlier work, most notably [...]
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2006 Miguel de Cervantes Prize winner announced
Date: December 1, 2006 | Discussion: 1 Comment
Antonio Gamoneda has been awarded the 2006 Miguel de Cervates Prize, which annually recognises the lifetime work of a poet who writes in Spanish. The prize, awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Culture, is worth $120,000.
Gamoneda, who was born in 1931 and published his first collection in 1960, is perhaps best known for Libro del [...]
