Santiago Roncagliolo wins the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
26 May 2011
The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2011 has been awarded to Peruvian author Santiago Roncagliolo for his third novel, Red April (Atlantic Books). At 36, Roncagliolo is the youngest-ever author, as well as the first from Peru, to win the Prize.
The £10,000 award is shared equally with Roncagliolo's American translator, Edith Grossman, who is also a first-time winner. She was previously shortlisted for the Prize in 2003.
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