Two days before the Frankfurter Buchmesse opened, a program in Frankfurt hosted discussions with publishers, translators, and authors on bringing Arabic writing to European readers.
Greek Cypriot Wartime Story in Translation Wins 2019 Commonwealth Prize
Author Constantia Soteriou has won the 2019 world Commonwealth Prize in short stories. Lina Protopapa’s English edition is the first translation to win.
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize Announces Its Regional Winners
An all-female group of five geographical regional winners are named today (May 9 ) in this year’s Commonwealth Short Story Prize program.
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize Names Its 2019 International Shortlists
Sixteen of the British Commonwealth’s 53 nations are represented in this year’s shortlists for the regionally defined Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
Kevin Jared Hosein Named Global Winner of Commonwealth Short Story Prize
The 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize winner is Kevin Jared Hosein, a writer from Trinidad and Tobago who was also the prize’s Caribbean regional winner.
Commonwealth Prize Regional Winners: Samoa, Trinidad, UK, India, and Nigeria
Taking on topics from mental illness to abortion, and from happiness to love, the Commonwealth Prize regional short story winners contend next for the overall award.