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18th May 2008

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Verhaeghen score Indie double

09.05.08

Belgian author Paul Verhaeghen has secured a double honour from the Independent foreign fiction prize for his novel Omega Minor, notes the Guardian.

The £10,000 purse has hitherto been divided between author and English translator for "an exceptional work" of foreign language fiction by a living author. But this year Verhaeghen, who himself translated the book, is entitled to take the full prize for himself - although he does not plan to do so.

Guardian

Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Prize Paul Verhaeghen