Valeria Luiselli wins £30,000 Rathbones Folio prize for third novel
(The Guardian Books News)

Mexican author awarded prize for her acclaimed novel Lost Children Archive in a digital-only ceremony streamed on TwitterValeria Luiselli´s `singular, teeming, extraordinary` novel Lost Children Archive has won the £30,000 Rathbones Folio prize. The Mexican-born novelist and essayist is the first woman to win the prize since its inception in 2013.The planned ceremony at the British Library in London was cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the chair of judges, Paul Farley, called on those watching the event online to imagine the award ceremony: `a podium, flutes of house prosecco, the din of assembled guests and the speeches`. Organisers of the prize broadcast the presentation live on Twitter and its website. Related: Valeria Luiselli: `Children chase after life, even if it ends up killing them` Continue reading...