The judges of the Man International Booker Prize have done what recent Nobel Prize committees have refused to do: honor an American for ‘achievement in fiction on the world stage.’
Krasznahorkai and Stanescu Win the 2013 Best Translated Book Awards
A pair of Eastern European authors — Laszlo Krasznahorki and Nichita Stanescu — take home the 2013 Best Translated Book Awards.
Von Rezzori Novel Wins Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize
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).
South Asia Book Awards for Children’s and YA Literature
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.
Kuwaiti Writer Saud Alsanousi Receives $50,000 Arabic Fiction Prize
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.
2013 Best Translated Book Award Finalists Announced
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.
Ten Titles Up for €100,000 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award
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.
German Readers Finally Embracing Ebooks, Self-Publishing
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.
Argentine Isol Takes Home World’s Largest Children’s Lit Prize
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.
Words Without Borders’ New Award for Promo of Int’l Literature
Online magazine Words Without Borders has created the James H. Ottaway, Jr. Award which honors an individual for the promotion of international literature.