Man Booker Prize long list features 4 Irish writers, 4 debut novelists
Author Sebastian Barry is one of four Irish writers to make the long list for this year's Man Booker Prize
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Author Salman Rushdie awarded prestigious German prize for his literary work and resolve
Writer Salman Rushdie has been awarded a prestigious German prize for his literary work and for his resolve and positive...
Barbara Kingsolver wins Women's Prize for Fiction with Appalachian novel 'Demon Copperhead'
American novelist Barbara Kingsolver has won the prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction for a second time with “Demon Cop...
Bestselling Japanese author Haruki Murakami wins Spanish Asturias prize for literature
Bestselling Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has won this year’s Princess of Asturias Award for literature
Bulgarian writer wins International Booker Prize for darkly comic memory novel
Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel have won the International Booker Prize for “Time Shelter...
Barbara Kingsolver, Hernan Diaz share fiction Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize for fiction was awarded Monday to two class-conscious novels: “Demon Copperhead,” Barbara Kingsolver’...
It's Pulitzer Prize day, honoring journalism's best work
The Pulitzer Prizes will be awarded Monday to honor outstanding journalism during a violent year that included Russia’s...
Fatimah Ashgar wins $150,000 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
A debut novel by the poet and screenwriter Fatimah Ashgar has won the inaugural Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, a $150,...
Kingsolver, O'Farrell among Women's Prize fiction finalists
An Appalachian update on Charles Dickens and a tale told by a dolphin are among six finalists for the prestigious Women’...
Poet Sandra Lim wins $85,000 Jackson Poetry Prize
An $85,000 literary prize has been awarded to Sandra Lim, a poet who has published three collections