Independent Foreign Fiction Prize shortlist

[Elena Gapova]

On the same note: Svetlana Alexievich (Belarus) became a finalist of the
National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Award for the publishing year 2005:

http://www.bookcritics.org/2005Finalists.htm

General Nonfiction

Svetlana Alexievich, Voices >From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear
Disaster (Dalkey Archive Press)

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Dear Colleagues,

You may be interested in the following story from BBC News:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4766914.stm

The title is "East Europe [sic] Dominates Book Prize"

Of the six writers shortlisted for the prize, four are East European: Pawel
Huelle (Poland), Imre Kertesz (Hungary), Magda Szabo (Hungary), and Dubravka
Ugresic (exile from Croatia).

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