Thursday, October 8, 2009

And the winner is...

Two major literary awards were announced today. The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Herta Muller, a Romanian-born, German novelist, poet and essayist noted for her works depicting the harsh conditions of life in Communist Romania.

The Booker Prize was awarded to Hilary Mantel for her novel Wolf Hall, an historical fiction novel of the Tudor period told from the perspective of Thomas Cromwell. How on earth did I miss this one?

1 comment:

Kimberly said...

The reason that Melissa "missed" Wolf Hall is that it is not due to be released in U.S. until October 13. Of course, the publisher is also caught by surprise at the Booker committee's election of this novel and they are rushing to print more copies already! But those of us who loved Sam Neill's portrayal of Cromwell in the Showtime version of The Tudor's will surely be looking forward to an acclaimed novel about him.