The Malaysian Insider :: Books
The Malaysian Insider :: Books |
| Murakami, Couto chosen for Neustadt Prize, ups chances for Nobel Posted: 19 Jul 2013 04:08 PM PDT The nine-nominee shortlist for the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature has been announced, with Nobel Prize favourite Hakuri Murakami and Camöes Prize winner Mia Couto in the mix. The Neustadt Prize is the only one of its kind based in the US; poets, playwrights and novelists are considered equally eligible for the biennial award. Like the Nobel Prize in Literature, the US$50,000 (RM150,000) Neustadt is awarded to a living author in recognition of their literary achievement; the Neustadt is open to authors writing in any language, as long as a representative work is available in English. Though the $50,000 prize, certainly a significant sum, is dwarfed by the US$1.1m Nobel Prize, the Neustadt makes much of its other associations with the otherwise inscrutable Nobel. Four previous Neustadt Laureates have gone on to become Nobel Laureates, as have a total of 18 shortlist nominees, most recently exemplified by 1998 Neustadt candidate and 2012 Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan. Last year's Neustadt was awarded to Indian-Canadian writer Rohinton Mistry, author of "Such a Long Journey," "Family Matters," and several short story collections. Established in 1970, the prize is awarded every even-numbered year, with its jury selected by the executive director of literary journal "World Literature Today." The 2014 prize will be announced in fall 2014. Mia Couto - "Sleepwalking Land" Duong Thu Huong - "No Man's Land" Edward P. Jones - "All Aunt Haga's Children" Ilya Kaminsky - "Dancing in Odessa" Chang-rae Lee - "The Surrendered" Edouard Maunick - "Mandela, Dead and Alive" Haruki Murakami - "The Elephant Vanishes" Ghassan Zaqtan - "Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me" |
| Anne Rice named ThrillerMaster Posted: 17 Jul 2013 08:14 PM PDT The 2013 Thriller Awards, held over the weekend, saw Anne Rice (pic) named ThrillerMaster, while debut effort "The 500" from Matthew Quirk won Best First Novel and CJ Lyons's "Blind Faith" was deemed "Best e-Book Original Novel." The Thriller Writers' Silver Bullet awards are not in fact part of an annual hitlist for werewolf hunters, but a recognition of contribution to the advancement of literacy, this year going to Steve Berry, author of the "Cotton Malone" series of historical conspiracy novels, and the United Service Organization, with which the International Thriller Writers has previously partnered for various international tours. Voracious readers will want to check out the Thriller Writers' website for a full rundown of finalists in each category. 2013 Thriller Award Winners |
Anne Rice is best-known for her "Vampire Chronicles" series but has also addressed spiritual topics, and returned to fiction with "The Wolf Gift Chronicles," starting with "The Wolf Gift" in 2012, and whose second entry, "The Wolves of Midwinter," is due in October.| You are subscribed to email updates from The Malaysian Insider : Books To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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