Year | Winner | Shortlist | ||||||||||||
2007 | Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart was published in 1958, and is considered among the finest novels ever written. Having sold over 10 million copies around the world, it has been translated into 50 languages, making Achebe the most translated African writer of all time. He is the recipient of over 30 honorary degrees as well as numerous awards for his work. | Anthills of the Savannah Contemporary African Short Stories Get Smart: Things Fall Apart Home and Exile No Longer at Ease (African trilogy) Things Fall Apart (African Trilogy 1) | ||||||||||||
2006 | Ismail Kadare Ismail Kadare was born in 1936 in the Albanian mountain town of Girokaster near the Greek border. He is Albania's best-known poet and novelist. He established an uneasy modus vivendi with the Communist authorities until their attempts to turn his reputation to their advantage drove him in October 1990 to seek asylum in France. | Broken April Cortejo Nupcial Helado en la Nieve File on H General of the Dead Army Palace of Dreams Spring Flowers Spring Frost Successor | ||||||||||||
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