World Literature Today Announces Finalists for 2024 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

World Literature Today Announces Finalists for 2024 Neustadt International Prize for Literature News and Events [email protected] Wed, 05/24/2023 - 13:17 Top row (left to right): Angie Cruz, Ananda Devi (credit: J.F. Paga (Grasset)), Jenny Erpenbeck (credit: Shevaun Williams) Middle row: Valeria Luiselli (credit: @DiegoBerruecos), Juan Felipe Herrera (credit: Carlos Puma), Maxine Hong Kingston (credit: Michael Lionstar) Bottom row: Shahrnush Parsipur, Chris Abani, Nona Fernández (credit: Daniel Corvillón)World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, has announced finalists for the 2024 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. This prestigious award recognizes significant contributions to world literature and has a history as a lead-up to the Nobel Prize in Literature. The nominees (with representative texts noted) for the 2024 Neustadt Prize, which carries a $50,000 cash award, are as follows: Chris Abani (Nigeria) / SanctificumAngie Cruz (U.S.) / How Not to Drown in a Glass of WaterAnanda Devi (Mauritius) / Eve out of Her RuinsJenny Erpenbeck (Germany) / The End of DaysNona Fernández (Chile) / The Twilight ZoneJuan Felipe Herrera (U.S.) / Every Day We Get More IllegalMaxine Hong Kingston (U.S.) / The Woman WarriorValeria Luiselli (Mexico) / Lost Children ArchiveShahrnush Parsipur (Iran) / Women without Men The finalists’ full bios can be found on... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'

[ World Literature Today | 2023-05-24 18:17:59 UTC ]
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