‘When Women Kill’ wins British Academy Book Prize
In the UK, Chilean writer Alia Trabucco Zerán has won the £25,000 (A$44,770) British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding for When Women Kill: Four crimes retold (trans by Sophia Hughes, And Other Stories), reports the Bookseller.
In When Women Kill, Trabucco Zerán forensically examines four homicides committed by everyday Chilean women over the course of the 20th century, blending true crime writing with the art of the critical essay and investigative memoir.
‘The result is a compelling narrative that not only explores the circumstances around the four killings—so high-profile that they went on to inspire plays, poems and films—but also the reaction from the media and the judgement of a patriarchal society,’ the judges said.
Established in 2013, the prize was created by the British Academy to celebrate works of nonfiction that contribute to ‘global cultural understanding and illuminate the interconnections and divisions that shape cultural identity worldwide’.
The winner was chosen from a shortlist of six. Last year’s winner was Sujit Sivasundaram for Waves Across the South: A new history of revolution and empire (HarperCollins).
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