Arnon Grunberg wins AKO Prize for Literature 2004

With his novel De asielzoeker (‘The Asylum Seeker’) Arnon Grunberg, published by Nijgh & Van Ditmar has won the AKO Prize for Literature for best novel of the year 2003. The prize is one of the most important literary prizes in the Dutch-language area and consists of € 50,000.

Five other writers were shortlisted for the prize: Bernlef for (Buiten is het maandag (‘Outside It’s Monday’), Hafid Bouazza for Paravion (Prometheus/Bert Bakker), Pam Emmerik for Het wonder werkt (The miracle works, Querido), Kees ‘t Hart for Ter navolging (Querido) and Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer for Het grote baggerboek (De Arbeiderspers).
More info: akoliteratuurprijs.userve.nl/

Published: October 22, 2004 award