Spain’s Enrique Vila-Matas Wins $150k FIL Award

Spanish author Enrique Vila-Matas has been awarded the 2015 Romance Languages Prize by the Guadalajara Book Fair (FIL) worth $150,000. The post Spain’s Enrique Vila-Matas Wins $150k FIL Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Hollinghurst favourite to win Man Booker

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Lee Child wins Crime Novel of the Year

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Library campaigners win right to judicial review over closures

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Jason Wallace wins Branford Boase

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Column McCann wins IMPAC Prize

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