SOURCE: EURONEWS
This year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction has an incredible shortlist that spans across the globe with authors from five different countries, and novels set across the world.
The annual prize is run by the Women’s Prize Trust with the goal of showcasing the best fiction writing of the past year by women, after too many years of women’s books going overlooked by other literary organisations.
Run since 1996, the prize has been won in the past by some of the biggest names in literature. Last year’s winner Susanna Clarke won for her fantasy novel “Piranesi”. Other winners include Maggie O’Farrell, Ali Smith, Eimear McBride, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Zadie Smith.
This year, the winner of the £30,000 prize will be announced on June 15.