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Barbara Kingsolver wins the 15th Orange Prize for Fiction

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Barbara Kingsolver wins the 15th Orange Prize for Fiction

Jun 09 2010

Barbara Kingsolver has won the Orange Prize for Fiction for The Lacuna. The Orange Prize carries a 30,000 UK pound award (about US$48,000) award, and winners receive a bronze figurine nicknamed the "Bessie."

According to Daisy Goodwin, chair of judges, The Lacuna was chosen for its "breathtaking scale and shattering moments of poignancy"

Source: Orange Prize

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