Enache shortlisted for Novel Prize
Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions have announced the shortlist for the Novel Prize, a biennial international award for a book-length work of literary fiction.
The shortlisted writers, selected from nearly 700 entries worldwide, are:
- Jonathan Buckley, ‘Tell’
- Darcie Denningan, ‘Forever Valley’
- Marie Doezema, ‘Aurora Australis’
- Florina Enache, ‘Palimpsest’
- Vijay Khurana, ‘The Passenger Seat’
- Anne de Marcken, ‘It Lasts Forever And Then It’s Over’
- Valer Popa, ‘Moon Over Bucharest’
- Sola Saar, ‘Anonymity is Life’.
Enache is the only Australia-based writer in the shortlist of eight.
Told in three female voices, ‘Palimpsest’ is set in a country oppressed by a totalitarian regime and ‘depicts the days leading up to the mass celebration of the National Day, in which citizens are ordered to the capital city to take part in the great spectacle’.
Enache, who was born and raised in Romania, studied English and literature and worked as a translator before emigrating to Australia in 2005. The author was shortlisted for the 2020 NSW Premier’s Literary Award for new writing for her debut short story collection An-Tan-Tiri Mogodan (Adelaide Books).
Established in 2020, the Novel Prize offers US$10,000 (A$14,312) to the winner in the form of an advance against royalties, as well as simultaneous publication in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, the UK and Ireland, and North America.
The winner of the inaugural Prize was Melbourne-based author Jessica Au for Cold Enough for Snow.
To read about the other works shortlisted for the current prize, see the Fitzcarraldo website here. The winner is due to be announced in February, with the winning title to be published in early 2024.
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