Eleanor Catton wint met haar tweede boek de Man Booker Prize 2013

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And the winner is…

The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton wins the Man Booker Prize 2013

The Man Booker Prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year. The prize is the world’s most important literary award and has the power to transform the fortunes of authors and publishers.

Eleanor Catton is met haar 28 jaar de jongste auteur die de Man Booker Prize won. Haar eerste boek, The Rehearsel, verscheen in 2008 en zij kreeg daarvoor ook al diverse prijzen (wikipedia):

  • Adam Award in Creative Writing, 2007, for The Rehearsal
  • Sunday Star-Times (NZ) Short Story Competition, 2007, for Necropolis
  • Glenn Schaeffer Fellowship at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, 2008
  • Louis Johnson New Writers’ Bursary, 2008
  • Betty Trask Award, 2009, for The Rehearsal
  • New Zealand Society of Authors Hubert Church (Montana) Best First Book Award for Fiction, 2009, for The Rehearsal
  • The Guardian first book award (shortlisted), 2009
  • Orange Prize (longlisted), 2010
  • Amazon.ca’s 35th First Novel Award, 2010

 



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