Prizes
July 26, 2011
The Booker’s Dozen: The 2011 Booker Longlist 0
by C. Max Magee
With the unveiling of the Booker Prize longlist, the 2011 literary Prize season is officially underway. As is typically the case, the list offers a mix of exciting new names, relative unknowns and beloved favorites. Notable names include Alan Hollinghurst and Julian Barnes.
June 27, 2011
The Prizewinners 2010/2011 1
by C. Max Magee
With the awarding of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the 2010/2011 literary award season is now over, which gives us the opportunity to update our list of prizewinners.
June 15, 2011
McCann wins the IMPAC Award 0
by C. Max Magee
Colum McCann can add the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award to the long list of accolades he has received for Let the Great World Spin. The book is a Millions Hall of Famer and our coverage of the title has been fairly extensive. Previously: Digging into the 2011 IMPAC Longlist, The Eclectic IMPAC Shortlist Has [...]
June 9, 2011
2011 PEN/Malamud Winner 0
by James Johnson
Edith Pearlman takes the 2011 PEN/Malamud award in recognition of her short stories. Her most recent collection, her fourth, is Binocular Vision: New & Selected Stories.
June 8, 2011
‘Tiger’ Wins an Orange 0
by C. Max Magee
Tea Obreht’s The Tiger’s Wife wins the Orange Prize. Our review.
May 2, 2011
Weekend Prizewinners 0
by C. Max Magee
Next by James Hynes has been named the winner of The Believer Book Award, and it was announced Friday that Thomas Teal’s translation from the Swedish of Tove Jansson’s The True Deceiver took home the Best Translated Book Award. The book was competing with a shortlist of ten novels in translation.
