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| Benazir Bhutto’s niece nominated for fiction prize Posted: 06 Mar 2014 07:08 PM PST Fatima is among 20 women on the long list for the award, which was formerly known as the Orange prize and is open to English-language novels from anywhere in the world. She is nominated for "The Shadow of the Crescent Moon", her first attempt at fiction following several fact-based books, including a memoir of her family's blood-soaked history. Fatima is a fierce critic of her charismatic aunt, who twice served as prime minister, claiming she was power hungry and "morally responsible" for the murder of her brother, Fatima's father Murtaza Bhutto, in 1996. The winner of the prize, which will be announced at the Royal Festival Hall in London on June 4, receives £30,000 (RM164,000) and a bronze known as a "Bessie". Other nominees for the 19th annual award include "The Luminaries" by New Zealand author Eleanor Catton, which won the 2013 Booker Prize. Australia's Hannah Kent is nominated for "Burial Rites", while Indian-American Jhumpa Lahiri is long-listed for "The Lowland". Penguin Books UK's managing director Helen Fraser chairs the five-woman judging panel, which will announce the short list on April 7. "This is a fantastic selection of books of the highest quality – intensely readable, gripping, intelligent and surprising – that you would want to press on your friends," she said. Former winners Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2007) of Nigeria and Suzanne Berne (1999) of the US are on the long list, which also contains six debut novels. The other long-listed authors are from Britain, Canada, Ireland and Pakistan. American writer A.M. Holmes won last year's prize with "May We Be Forgiven". – AFP, March 7, 2013. |
| Benazir Bhutto’s niece nominated for women fiction prize Posted: 06 Mar 2014 07:08 PM PST Fatima is among 20 women on the long list for the award, which was formerly known as the Orange prize and is open to English-language novels from anywhere in the world. She is nominated for "The Shadow of the Crescent Moon", her first attempt at fiction following several fact-based books, including a memoir of her family's blood-soaked history. Fatima is a fierce critic of her charismatic aunt, who twice served as prime minister, claiming she was power hungry and "morally responsible" for the murder of her brother, Fatima's father Murtaza Bhutto, in 1996. The winner of the prize, which will be announced at the Royal Festival Hall in London on June 4, receives £30,000 (RM164,000) and a bronze known as a "Bessie". Other nominees for the 19th annual award include "The Luminaries" by New Zealand author Eleanor Catton, which won the 2013 Booker Prize. Australia's Hannah Kent is nominated for "Burial Rites", while Indian-American Jhumpa Lahiri is long-listed for "The Lowland". Penguin Books UK's managing director Helen Fraser chairs the five-woman judging panel, which will announce the short list on April 7. "This is a fantastic selection of books of the highest quality – intensely readable, gripping, intelligent and surprising – that you would want to press on your friends," she said. Former winners Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2007) of Nigeria and Suzanne Berne (1999) of the US are on the long list, which also contains six debut novels. The other long-listed authors are from Britain, Canada, Ireland and Pakistan. American writer A.M. Holmes won last year's prize with "May We Be Forgiven". – AFP, March 7, 2013. |
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