London – American authors Elizabeth Strot and Miranda July are among the finalists announced on Wednesday about Women Award for ImaginationBesides four novelists for the first time, they explore the search for freedom in various countries and cultures.
The Pulitzer “Tell Meon Sale” and Conster’-Filmmaker “All Fours”, where a “semi-famous artist” is looking for a new life, is listed in a list of 30,000 pounds ($ 39,000). It is open to the English language book from any country.
Also among the competitors is the story of the Dutch writer Yalea Van der Woodin after the war “Amen” and the novel of the German -born poet Aria Arber, “Good Girl”, about a teenager who explores its double German heritage.
On the list, the author born in Iran, Sanam Mahlodji, is also in the list of “Persian” generations and “mainly” by the British Nusaya Yunus, about one of the academics trying to rehabilitate the woman who has signed with the Islamic State.
The author Kate de Walh, who heads the Judges Committee, said that the six books were “classics in the future” that explored “the importance of the human relationship.”
She said: “What is surprising and refreshing is to see a lot of humor, differences and lightness that these novelists use to shed light on difficult concepts.”
Among the previous winners of the Fantasy Award, which was founded in 1996, Zadi Smith, Really Jones and Barbara Kingsolfar.
Last year, award organizers launched a companion Women Award for Fictional Stories To help correct the imbalance in publishing. In 2022, there were only 26.5 % of the non -fictional books that were reviewed in British newspapers by women, fake male on the non -fictional writing awards.
The winners of both Fictional Function Awards will be announced on June 12 at a party in London.