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Top 15 Best Crime Novels of 2021
Patrícia Melo // Patrícia Melo made it into the CrimeMag Top 15 of the best crime novels of the year 2021 with her novel Piled Women. Among the other authors on the list are Colin Niel, Tade Thompson, David Peace, Candice Fox, and Garry Disher. CrimeMag [...]
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Writer in Residence at the Literaturhaus Zürich
Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida // Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida will be a guest at the Züricher Literaturhaus as Writer in Residence, starting in February 2022. For five months, Djaimilia will be living in the heart of Europe, with time to focus on her creative work. The [...]
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Oceanos Prize 2021
Luís Cardoso and Gonçalo M. Tavares // Luís Cardoso wins the Oceanos Prize 2021 with his novel The Pumpkin Planter. This is the first time that a book from the Asian continent is among the finalists and winners. The jury highlighted the dexterity and narrative resourcefulness of the author in [...]
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“Piled Women” voted on the Crime Leaderboard 2021
Patrícia Melo // Patrícia Melo's Piled Women was ranked 9th on the Crime Leaderboard 2021 of Deutschlandfunk Kultur. The Crime Leaderboard 2021 is a selection from a total of 62 titles that were on the monthly Crime Leaderboards in 2021. > recoil.togohlis.de/
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Oceanos Prize announces its 10 finalists 2021
Mia Couto, Luís Cardoso and Gonçalo M. Tavares // Oceanos Prize announces its 10 finalists 2021 Among the 10 finalists of the Oceanos Prize - Portuguese Language Literature Prize 2021 - are Mia Couto (The Cartographer of Absences), Luís Cardoso (The Pumpkin Planter) and Gonçalo M. Tavares (The Middle Bone). [...]
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Gonçalo M. Tavares receives the Prix Laure Bataillon 2021
Gonçalo M. Tavares // Gonçalo M. Tavares receives the Prix Laure Bataillon 2021 for the best book translated in France. The Neighbourhood (O Bairro), by Gonçalo M. Tavares, published by Vivianne Hamy, has received the prestigious Prix Laure Bataillon 2021, awarded to the best book translated [...]
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Federico Mastrogiovanni wins Mexican National Journalism Award
Federico Mastrogiovanni // Federico Mastrogiovanni, journalist at Revista Gatopardo, wins the Mexican National Journalism Award 2020 in the category Interview for the work he did on "David Pablos, detrás del baile de los 41". The National Journalism Award is the recognition of the society and other [...]
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Opening Film of Havana Film Festival New York 2021
Héctor Abad Faciolince // The Havana Film Festival New York opens their 2021 edition with Oscar-award-winning director Fernando Trueba’s “Forgotten We’ll Be” which is based on Héctor Abad‘s novel Oblivion. "In its 21st edition, the festival will showcase films from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, [...]
