The latest in Literary Awards

Israeli novel, Russian poem collection win prizes

2010-03-10T17:30:18Z

<div id="subtitle">Israeli novel, collection of Russian poetry win prizes for best English-language translation</div><div><p>An Israeli novel and a collection of Russian poetry have won prizes for best English-language translation.</p><p>Gail Hareven's novel "The Confessions of Noa Weber" won the Best Translated Book Award for fiction. It was written in Hebrew and translated by Dalya Bilu for Melville House Pre...

Books PEN Faulkner

2010-02-23T09:46:15Z

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2007 file photo, Sherman Alexie is shown at the 58th National Book Awards in New York. Alexie is among this year's finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award. The nominees for the fiction prize worth $15,000 were announced Tuesday Feb. 23, 2010. Alexie was nominated for the story collection "...

Lucille Clifton, award-winning poet, dies at 73

2010-02-22T09:38:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Poet Lucille Clifton, National Book Award winner and Pulitzer finalist, dies in Maryland at 73</div><div><p>Lucille Clifton, a National Book Award-winning poet and Pulitzer finalist, has died. She was 73.</p><p>Clifton's sister, Elai...

Poet Reid surprise winner of Costa Book of the Year

2010-02-22T14:19:01Z

<div><p>Poet Christopher Reid has been declared the surprise winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award for a collection in memory of his late wife, hailed by judges as a "master work".</p><p>The Hong Kong-born poet's collection "A Scattering" beat the frontrunner, Irish author...

Poet Reid surprise winner of Costa book of year

2010-02-22T14:29:16Z

<div><p>Poet Christopher Reid was Tuesday announced as the surprise winner of a major British literary prize for a collection in memory of his late wife, hailed by judges as a "master work".</p><p>The Hong Kong-born poet's collection "A Scattering" beat the frontrunner, Irish author Reid wins Britain's Costa Book of the Year prize with poetry collection</div><div><p>Poet Christopher Reid was awarded Britain's Costa Book of the Year Award on Tuesday with a poetry collection written in tribute to his late wife.&lt...

Book Critics Prizes

2010-01-23T19:31:08Z

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 file photo, winner of the 2009 Booker Prize for fiction Hilary Mantel with her book ' Wolf Hall ' poses for photographers following the announcement in central London, Nominees for the National Book...

Toibin favourite to win Britain's Costa book award

2010-02-23T01:31:14Z

<div><p>Irish author Colm Toibin is favourite to win the 30,000-pound Costa Book of the Year award after Monday clinching the best novel category for his work "Brooklyn," observers said.</p><p>The winner of the Costa Award is drawn from the winner of five in...

Colm Toibin takes Costa Book Awards fiction prize

2010-02-23T01:35:29Z

<div id="subtitle">Colm Toibin named novelist of the year in Costa Book Awards for Irish emigrant saga 'Brooklyn'</div><div><p>Irish writer Colm Toibin was named novelist of the year Monday in Britain's lucrative Costa Book Awards for his emigrant sa...

Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2009

2009-12-10T11:30:59Z

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - DECEMBER 10: Herta Muller of Germany receives the Nobel Prize in Literature during the Nobel Foundation Prize Awards Ceremony 2009 at the Concert Hall on December 10, 2009 in Stockholm, Herta Mueller of Germany poses with her diploma and medal after receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature at the ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall, Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday Dec. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/ScanpixSweden/Jonas Ekstromer)

Nobel Prize in Literature, Herta Mueller, delivers the traditional Nobel Lecture in Literature at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Scanpix,

US author Littell wins Bad Sex in fiction prize

2010-02-23T22:46:48Z

<div id="subtitle">UK: American author wins Bad Sex in Fiction prize with bestselling epic 'The Kindly Ones'</div><div><p>A cringe-inducing passage which compares a sexual encounter to battle with an one-eyed mythological monster was awarded Britain's Bad Sex in Fiction Prize on Monday.</p><p>The editors of the Literary Review magazine said best-selling ...

NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS

2009-11-18T22:06:35Z

National Book Award winners for 2009 T.J. Stiles, left, Phillip Hoose, second from left, Keith Waldrop, second from right, and Colum McCann pose for a photograph with their books at the National Boo...

New York inspired tales win U.S. National Book Awards

2010-02-24T03:32:29Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A novel about life in New York City in the 1970s and a biography of U.S. tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt were among the winners at the United States 60th annual Reuters Life!) - Former poet laureate Andrew Motion will chair the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, one of the world's top literary awards, organizers said on Wednesday.</p><p>The 57-year-old and his panel will have to read over 100 novel...

Catholic Church corruption story wins top Canada prize

2010-02-24T06:51:58Z

<div><p>Canada's top literary award for fiction, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, has gone to journalist Linden MacIntyre for his novel about corruption in the Catholic Church, the jury announced Wednesday.</p><p>The 66-year-old veteran investigative reporter and co-host of public broadcaster CBC's news magazine "The Fifth Estate" beat ...

APTOPIX Germany Nobel Literature

2009-10-08T15:01:19Z

German writer Herta Mueller arrives for a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 . Herta Mueller, a little-known Romanian-born author who was persecuted for her critical depictions of life behind the Iron Curtain, won the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday in an award s...

Germany Nobel Literature

2009-10-08T15:01:18Z

German writer Herta Mueller reacts, during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Thursday Oct. 8, 2009. Herta Mueller, a little-known Romanian-born author who was persecuted for her critical depictions of life behind the Iron Curtain, won the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday in an award s...

Herta Mueller Wins Nobel Literature Prize

2009-10-08T13:17:54Z

BERLIN - OCTOBER 08: German writer Herta Mueller gestures during a press conference on October 8, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. 56-year-old Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller won the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday, honored for work that 'with the concentration of poetry and the frank...