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Turkish author Pamuk wins top French book
prize
8.11.2005
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Turkish author Orhan Pamuk, who risks a jail
sentence in Turkey for his remarks about the
massacre of Armenians during the Ottoman empire, was
awarded one of France's top foreign literature
prizes.
The prestigious Prix Medicis went to Pamuk's
bestselling novel "Snow", which tells of the
homecoming of a Turk who has lived in the German
city of Frankfurt for a decade, and has been read by
many as a critique of Islamist culture.
The 53-year-old author is facing a possible jail
term of between six months and three years on
charges of denigrating Turkish national identity,
for telling a Swiss newspaper that one million
Armenians were killed under Ottoman rule.
The Medicis award for best French work went to
Belgian writer Jean-Philippe Toussaint for "Fuir"
(Escape), a dream-like novel set between the Chinese
cities of Shanghai and Beijing and the Italian
island of Elba. |
Orhan Pamuk, Turkish writer in Paris after being
awarded with the "Medicis prize for foreign
literature" for his book "Neige" (Snow)
Photo: AFP |
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Also announced on Monday, the Prix Femina -- the
other major French award for foreign literature --
went to the US novelist Joyce Carol Oates for her
latest novel "The Falls".
Set against the haunting backdrop of Niagara Falls,
the novel explores the state of the American family
and society in the mid-20th century.
Awarded by an all-female jury, the Femina was set up
in 1904 by a group of women to counter what they saw
as the misogyny of France's best-known annual
literary award, the Goncourt, founded a year
earlier.
The Femina award for best French work went to Regis
Jauffret for "Asiles de fous" (Mental Asylums), a
tragi-comical look at love and family relationships.
AFP
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