Evelio Rosero wins 2009 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for "The Armies"

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Evelio Rosero wins 2009 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for "The Armies"

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1chrisharpe
Jun. 5, 2009, 11:22 am

Having mentioned the fact that a Colombian author, William Ospina, just won the Rómulo Gallegos prize, it's perhaps worth noting that last month another prestigious award, the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, also went to a Colombian, Evelio Rosero, for his novel The Armies (Los ejércitos). I'm not sure what prizes say about the worth of a literary work - or any work (I tend to agree with Charles Ives' that "Prizes are for little boys") - but it certainly can't be doing Colombia any harm to receive such recognition and I am sure that positive news comes a welcome change from the usual stereotyped press coverage of the country.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/witness-to-war-ev...