This year's winner has been announced for the Orange Prize for best work by a woman writer. It went to Madeline Miller, whose historical novel, Song of Achilles, is a reworking of the love story between Achilles and Patroclus from Homer's Iliad
I posted my thoughts on The Song of Achilles a while ago here:
http://www.historicalfictiononline.com/ ... php?t=5095
See Guardian article on Miller's win here- there is also a related podcast by Madeline Miller attached.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/ma ... -2012-mood
This is the last year that Orange will be sponsoring this award- hope someone lese picks it up.
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Orange Prize 2012
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Very cool! Historical novels have really been raking in the literary awards lately.
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