Peruvian Author Wins Foreign Fiction Prize

Santiago Roncagliolo, a Peruvian author, has become the youngest author to win the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.

The £10,000 prize was awarded to Roncagliolo for his third novel 'Red April', which is a political thriller about a Peruvian prosecutor in charge of a murder investigation. The prize will be shared with the American translator of the book, Edith Grossman. The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize is awarded to a living author whose book has been translated into English and published in the United Kingdom.

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