The book, a satire of race and class, marks the first time an American author has won the Man Booker Prize. Source: Paul Beatty’s ‘The Sellout’ is first US Booker Prize winner
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The singer and songwriter Bob Dylan, one of the world’s most influential musicians, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,” in the words of the Swedish Academy. Source: Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature – The New York Times
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Vietnamese-American writer, whose Vietnam war novel also won the Pulitzer, awarded for ‘profound and startling’ debut Source: Viet Thanh Nguyen wins Dayton peace prize for The Sympathizer | Books | The Guardian
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The finalists of the 2016 National Book Awards have been announced, and include Colson Whitehead, Viet Thanh Nguyen and Peter Gizzi. Winners will be named at a ceremony in New York City on November 16. Here, a list of the nominees and a look at PW’s complete coverage of their work, including reviews, interviews, and
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The National Book Foundation has announced the Finalists for the 2016 National Book Awards for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature. The Winners will be announced on November 16 at the National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner. Source: National Book Foundation, Presenter of the National Book Awards, www.nationalbook.org
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The longlist, or ‘Man Booker Dozen’, for the £50,000 Man Booker Prize is announced today. Source: Man Booker Prize announces 2016 longlist | The Man Booker Prizes
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Longlist of finalists for the 2016 First Novel Prize Source: 2016 First Novel Prize Longlist
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On Wednesday 8th June 2016 at the Clore Ballroom, Southbank Centre, London, Irish author Lisa McInerney was announced the winner of the 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for her debut novel The Glorious Heresies. Source: BAILEYS Women’s Prize for Fiction » Announcing the 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction winner Books on the short list.
South Korean author Han Kang won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize on Monday for “The Vegetarian,” a novel about a “completely unremarkable” woman, to use the book’s description, who subverts societal norms including, in a nod to the title, giving up eating meat. Source: Man Booker International Prize goes to ‘The Vegetarian’ – CNN.com
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The Nebula Awards — voted on by members of the Science Fiction Writers of America to recognize excellence in science fiction and fantasy — were given out in Chicago yesterday, and every prose award went to a woman (the film award went to the writers of feminist action film Mad Max: Fury Road). Source: Nebula
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