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Target in the Night, by Ricardo Piglia, José María Arguedas Novel Award
The José María Arguedas Novel Award, awarded by Casa de las Américas in Cuba in 2012 goes to Blanco Nocturno (Target in the Night), the last novel by Ricardo Piglia.
Ricardo Piglia has also been awarded the Rómulo Gallegos Award and the Critics Award in 2011 with Target in the Night, a novel published by Anagrama.
In 2000, Casa de las Américas announced, for the first time and being part of its Literary Award, three more honorific and very prestigious awards: José Lezama Lima, for poetry; Ezequiel Martínez Estrada, for essays, and José María Arguedas, for novels. This three names are not only emblematic in the literary scene of Latin America, but they were also involved in the Casa de las Américas and the award itself, from their start. The three awards are given to works written in the Spanish language and to authors from Latin Ameria. Their aim is to give a widespread coverage to modern classics. -
Fifty-five authors of the Agency are publishing a new book in 2012
The authors of the Agency who are publishing a new book in Spanish in 2012 are:
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A New Flair in the Peruvian Literature
Some Peruvian writers have joined our agency, where Iván Thays and Ricardo Sumalavia already stand out.
They all come from various generations and have different literary styles and registers, which reveals the agency's commitment to identity and diversity.
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Ricardo Piglia awarded National Critics Prize 2011
- National Critics Prize to Ricardo PIGLIA. (El País, article in Spanish)
- Ricardo Piglia shortlisted in the Las Américas Narrative Prize (awarded by writers)
- "This is the recognition to the noir novel": Piglia, awarded the National Critics Prize 2011.
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Recent news already announced on Twitter:
- Great review of APRIL'S ASHES by Manuel MOYA in a Spanish blog (only in Spanish).
- Read the interview to Roberto AMPUERO in ABC.es (in Spanish) about his latest novel, THE OTHER WOMAN.
- On Tuesday 5th of April, at 7pm in the Sala Manuel Ponce de Bellas Artes (Mexico) was held the presentation of LEONORA by Elena PONIATOWSKA.
- Elena PONIATOWSKA talked with the readers of El País last Wednesday 6th of April, between 6 and 7pm.
- "After One Hundred Years of Solitude, the greatest Colombian novel." Suhrkamp on 35DEAD, by Sergio ÁLVAREZ.
Recent deals already announced on Twitter:
- German rights to CAPTAIN MIKA, Elsa OSORIO's latest novel, to Suhrkamp.
- NECROPOLIS by Santiago GAMBOA to be published in Portugal by Eucleia. La Otra Orilla Novel Prize 2009.
- THE FANTASIZER by Hernán RIVERA LETELIER to be published in Germany by Suhrkamp.
- OUR OLIVE GREEN YEARS by Roberto AMPUERO has been acquired by JC LATTÈS in France.
- Bokforlaget AS in Norway acquires THE MOVIE-TELLER, by Hernán RIVERA LETELIER. This novel has already been translated into 15 languages.
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