Women Win Prizes

Véronique Ovaldé

This is hot on the heels of Herta Muller, Portobello Books' newest author, winning the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Women do indeed win prizes, even ones that men are eligible for and whilst the Nobel may be the most highly prized award, you can't help but love the fact that France's most serious prize, the Goncourt, is worth just €10.

Marie NDiaye previously won the Prix Femina, which our own Véronique Ovaldé was nominated for this year with her most recent novel, And My See-Through Heart (Ce que Je Sais de Véra Candida in its French edition).

Portobello has had its own brush with the Goncourt, when Philippe Grimbert was awarded the Prix des Lyceens for his novel Secret. Philippe is by no means a woman but he is wonderful. Read about Secret and then read Ollie Brock's take on the film adaptation.