The success of the Hungarian literature
Two Hungarian authors achieved success in the international literature sphere.
The Berman Literature Prize amounting to 750.000 Swedish Kronor is awarded to Péter Nádas for his autobiographical novel: Illuminated Details.
„The jury’s motivation reads:
»Péter Nádas is awarded the Berman Literature Prize for his autobiographical novel Illuminated Details, in which he demonstrates, with razor-sharp observation and stunning artistic luminosity, how an individual’s life can contain a microcosm that in every moment and every detail turns outwards to face the twentieth century’s larger universe of losses and disasters.«”
from: bermanliteratureprize.com
Andrea Tompa’s novel: Omerta is on the shortlist of the German Internationaler Literaturpreis.
The International Literary Prize for translated contemporary literature was awarded for the fourteenth time in this year.
from: buchmarkt.de