Rodaan Al Galidi’s Thirsty river and Marc Reugebrink’s The Big Delay are two of the nominees of this year’s Gerard Walschap-Literature Prize. The prize is meant to encourage young Dutch-speaking authors. Winner is to be announced this fall.
Earlier this year Al Galidi’s Thirsty river was the runner up for the BNG New Literature Prize. Reugebrink’s The Big Delay was the winner of the Gouden Uil Literature Prize 2008 and longlisted for the AKO Literature Prize.
The English translation of Thirsty River will be published by Aflame Books coming October. In September Meulenhoff | Manteau publishes new and exciting work by Rodaan Al Galidi, The autist and the dove.
Marc Reugebrink is working on a new novel, which is expected in 2010.
Showing posts with label The Big Delay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Big Delay. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Rodaan Al Galidi and Marc Reugebrink nominated for the Gerard Walschap-Literature Prize
Marc Reugebrink in French: Le Grand Retard
Septentrion (revue pour les arts, lettres et culture de Flandre et des Pays-Bas) publishes a French sample translation of Marc Reugebrink’s awardwinning novel The Big Delay. Translator Charles Franken calls the novel ‘une description passionnante de la poursuite d’idéaux exaltés et de leur ruine’. Check also the Septentrion blog (in French).
Friday, June 13, 2008
The Big Delay nominated for the Ink Monkey literature prize
The awardwinning novel The big delay by Marc Reugebrink has been nominated for the Ink Monkey 2009. The jury of this unique literary prize is made up of hundreds of teenagers from Belgium and the Netherlands. Visit www.inktaap.org to learn more on this literature prize (only in Dutch).
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