Best foreign novel of 2012
Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 - Volumes 1 & 2 and 3
Message from Haruki Murakami where the author expresses his gratitude for the
award. He accepted it with great pleasure because Greece was the first
foreign country he visited in his life 31 years ago and since then never
misses the opportunity to visit it occasionally. He has even stay on an
island for a time where he wrote a novel:
ギリシャは今から三十年前、僕が生まれて初めて訪問した外国です。その美しさにすっ
かり心を奪われて、そのあと何度も足を運びました。しばらく島に暮らして、小説を書
いたこともあります。そういう国の賞をいただけたことは、僕にとっての何よりの歓び
です。ありがとうございました。
村上春樹
http://ppt.cc/u8Z~
The Athens Prize for Literature 2013
The Athens Prize for Literature for best Greek and Foreign Novel published in
2012 ceremony took place in the Cavafy Room in the Cultural Centre of Athens
on Saturday, December 28th , at 18:00. The awards were presented by Deputy
Mayor Mrs. Nellie Papahelas . Short presentations for the candidates to be
awarded books did both coordinators and novelists Theodore Grigoriadis and
Chrysa Spyropoulos. The prize is a statuette by sculptor Theodoros and a Mont
Blanc pen which will be sent to the writer via his publisher.
Awards:
Best foreign novel of 2012
Haruki Murakami , 1Q84 - Volumes 1 & 2 and 3
Other nominations:
Martin Valser , The man who knew to love
Kiara Gaberale , The lights in the houses of others
Ann Enright , The Forgotten Waltz
Jeffrey Eugenides , The marriage plot
Nicole Krauss ,Great House
Don DeLillo , Omega Point
Tea Obrecht , The Tiger's wife
Tom Rachman The imperfectionists
Aris Fioretos , The Last Greek
Best Greek novel:
Maria Xylouris “How The World Ends”