Winner of the 2024 Neustadt International Prize for Literature
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Born in Mauritius, Ananda Devi has become one of the major literary voices of the Indian Ocean with over twenty-five books, including novels, collections of poetry, short stories, and essays. Published by the French publishers Gallimard and Grasset, she has been translated into over a dozen languages and has received numerous literary prizes and decorations from Mauritius and also from France, with the title of Officier des Arts et des Lettres. In 2014 she received a major award from the Académie Française. The University of Silesia, Poland, conferred upon her a doctorate honoris causa. The Guardian recommended her novel Eve out of Her Ruins among the hundred best contemporary novels in translation by women writers. Nominated by Fabienne Kanor / Representative text: Eve out of Her Ruins
Jurors | Finalist |
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke | Juan Felipe Herrera |
Fabienne Kanor | Ananda Devi |
Jennifer Kwon Dobbs | Maxine Hong Kingston |
Alexandra Lytton Regalado | Valeria Luiselli |
Cleyvis Natera | Angie Cruz |
Idra Novey | Nona Fernández |
Romeo Oriogun | Chris Abani |
Alina Stefanescu | Jenny Erpenbeck |
Sholeh Wolpé | Shahrnush Parsipur |