Memoirs of a Dirty Angel nominated for European Literature Prize

Henning Mankell’s latest novel, Memoirs of a Dirty Angel, has been nominated for the European Literature Prize 2012. Eleven independent Dutch and Flemish bookshops have selected the twenty best titles from among all the European literary novels that appeared in Dutch translation in 2011.

The European Literature Prize will be awarded in 2012 for the second time, recognizing the best novel translated into Dutch from another European language and published in 2011. Amongst the other nominated writers are Karl Ove Knausgård, Michel Houellebecq and Ilija Trojanow. Last year the prize was awarded to Marie NDiaye (Trois femmes puissantes).