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Krasznahorkai and Stanescu Win the 2013 Best Translated Book Awards

Wheel With a Single Spoke

A pair of Eastern European authors — Laszlo Krasznahorki and Nichita Stanescu — take home the 2013 Best Translated Book Awards.

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Von Rezzori Novel Wins Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize

An Ermine in Czernopol

Phillip Boehm has won the 2013 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize 2013 for his translation of Gregor von Rezzori’s An Ermine in Czernopol (New York Review of Books).

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South Asia Book Awards for Children’s and YA Literature

South Asia Book Award

The Rumor by Anushka Ravinshankar and Kids of Kabul by Deborah Ellis have won the 2013 South Asia Book Awards for Children’s and Young Adult Literature.

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Kuwaiti Writer Saud Alsanousi Receives $50,000 Arabic Fiction Prize

The Bamboo Stalk by Saud Alsanousi wins the 2013 International Prize for Arabic Fiction

Among the youngest writers to win the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, Saud Alsanousi writes about foreign workers in Arab countries in his book, The Bamboo Stalk.

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2013 Best Translated Book Award Finalists Announced

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Ten fiction titles and six poetry collections finalists have been announced as the finalists for this year’s Best Translated Book Awards. The winners will be revealed May 3rd.

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Ten Titles Up for €100,000 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award

Ten Novels on IMPAC Shortlist

From a longlist of 154 titles, ten novels have been shortlisted and are in the running for the €100,000 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

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German Readers Finally Embracing Ebooks, Self-Publishing

Leipzig Book Fair, small

Discussions at this year’s Leipzig Book Fair proved that ebooks and self publishing are gaining wider acceptance in Germany, and readers are more open to digitization.

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Argentine Isol Takes Home World’s Largest Children’s Lit Prize

Isol, in addition to being an illustrator and cartoonist, is a well-known musician in her native Argentina.

The Argentine illustrator known as Isol has won the world’s largest award for children’s literature, the 5m-kroner (roughly $766,000) Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

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Words Without Borders’ New Award for Promo of Int’l Literature

Words Without Borders

Online magazine Words Without Borders has created the James H. Ottaway, Jr. Award which honors an individual for the promotion of international literature.

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Junot Diaz Wrote a Short Story Worth a New Mercedes

Junot Diaz wrote a short story that's now worth a new Mercedes!

Junot Diaz’s short story Miss Lora defeated a strong list of British writers to take home the £30,000 Sunday Times EFT Private Bank short story prize.

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