Tag: Romanian writer

  • Norman Manea wins the big prize at the Guadalajara Book Fair

    Norman Manea wins the big prize at the Guadalajara Book Fair

    Norman Manea has won the 2016 Literary Award of the Guadalajara International Book Fair in Romance Languages. The Romanian writer was previously Romania’s nomination for the Nobel prize for literature in 2014. This is the first time a Romanian author has been given this award. The prize was generous, as he received 150,000 dollars at the…

  • Writer Matei Visinec receives Jean Monnet award

    Writer Matei Visinec receives Jean Monnet award

    Romanian writer and poet Matei Visinec has won the “Jean Monnet” award at the Litteratures Europeennes festival in Cognac city, France. Matei Visinec has received the award for the novel “The merchant of novel’beginnings” which was published in French.  The award will be given on November 19 within the Litteratures europeenes festival. Visinec has become…

  • Claudiu M. Florian awarded European Union prize for literature 2016

    Claudiu M. Florian awarded European Union prize for literature 2016

    Romanian writer Claudiu M. Florian has been awarded the European Union Prize for literature 2016. He was awarded for the book called “The Ages of the game. Citadel street (Varstele jocului. Strada cetatii). The book tells the story of a German-Romanian family who lives near Brasov, Romania in 1973. Their grandparents moved to the United States…