who won the New Academy Prize in Literature?
Options
1) Maryse Condé
2)Neil Gaiman
3)Haruki Murakami
4)Kim Thúy
answer
1) Maryse Condé
Other details
The New Academy Prize in Literature was established in 2018 in lieu of the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was not awarded in 2018.
The winner was announced on 12 October 2018.
The New Academy will be dissolved in December 2018
After soliciting public votes on 47 candidates nominated by Swedish librarians, the New Academy announced that the four finalists for the prize were Maryse Condé, Neil Gaiman, Haruki Murakami, and Kim Thúy.
On 17 September 2018 Murakami requested that his nomination be withdrawn, saying he wanted to "concentrate on writing, away from media attention.
The New Academy Prize in Literature was awarded to Maryse Condé
Maryse Condé is a French (Guadeloupean) author of historical fiction, best known for her novel Segu (1984–85).
In addition, she is a scholar of Francophone literature and Professor Emerita of French at Columbia University.
She writes her novels in French and they have been translated into English and other languages.
She has won Grand prix littéraire de la Femme (1986), Prix de L’Académie francaise (1988),
Options
1) Maryse Condé
2)Neil Gaiman
3)Haruki Murakami
4)Kim Thúy
answer
1) Maryse Condé
Other details
The New Academy Prize in Literature was established in 2018 in lieu of the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was not awarded in 2018.
The winner was announced on 12 October 2018.
The New Academy will be dissolved in December 2018
After soliciting public votes on 47 candidates nominated by Swedish librarians, the New Academy announced that the four finalists for the prize were Maryse Condé, Neil Gaiman, Haruki Murakami, and Kim Thúy.
On 17 September 2018 Murakami requested that his nomination be withdrawn, saying he wanted to "concentrate on writing, away from media attention.
The New Academy Prize in Literature was awarded to Maryse Condé
Maryse Condé is a French (Guadeloupean) author of historical fiction, best known for her novel Segu (1984–85).
In addition, she is a scholar of Francophone literature and Professor Emerita of French at Columbia University.
She writes her novels in French and they have been translated into English and other languages.
She has won Grand prix littéraire de la Femme (1986), Prix de L’Académie francaise (1988),
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