The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is a relatively new literary award given to women and nonbinary authors. This year's winner is V.V. Ganeshananthan for her book Brotherless Night.
The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is a relatively new literary award given to women and nonbinary authors. This year's winner is V.V. Ganeshananthan for her book. This is the second year of the prize, which awards English-language writing by women and nonbinary authors. Winners of the award receive $150,000.centers on a young woman named Sashi, in 1981, who wants to become a doctor.
"I was interested in writing about the gray space between militarized societies and questions of choice and coercion," Ganeshananthan told WBUR'sIn a statement announcing the win, the prize jury called the book"ambitious and beautifully written," and praised Ganeshananthan's characters for asking readers to"consider how history is told, whom it serves, and the many truths it leaves out.
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