Monday, August 22, 2011

New writer wins oldest book prize


Debut novelist Tatjani Soli and theatre critic Hilary Spurling have won the James Tait Black Memorial Prizes, Britain’s oldest literary awards.

Book jackets for The Lotus Eaters by Tatjani Soli and Burying the Bones: Pearl Buck in China by Hilary Spurling.The winners have been announced by broadcaster Sally Magnusson at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
The prizes are awarded annually by the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at the University.

Link here.
BBC report.

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