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Percival Everett

Swede Snubbed for Prestigious Literary Prize

Percival Everett won the National Book Award – one of the United States' most prestigious literary awards – for his novel "James", a kind of reworking of Mark Twain's classic "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Swedish Linnea Axelsson went home empty-handed from the award ceremony.

Swede Snubbed for Prestigious Literary Prize

Novel about the ISS space station wins the Booker Prize

The British author Samantha Harvey is awarded this year's Booker Prize for the novel "Orbital". The book takes place over a 24-hour period and follows six astronauts on board the International Space Station, ISS.

Novel about the ISS space station wins the Booker Prize

Record number of women nominated for the Booker Prize

Never before have so many female authors been nominated for the Booker Prize. The "short list" presented contains five women and one man.

Record number of women nominated for the Booker Prize