Julián Fuks wins 2017 José Saramago Prize
We are thrilled to announce A resistência (Resistance) by Julián Fuks has won the prestigious José Saramago Prize.
Please find links to the official announcement and the statement from the jury.
The novel, a fascinating tale of exile and adoption set in the terrifying late 1970s years in Argentina and Brazil, has already won the Jabuti Prize for Best Novel of the Year 2016. The English translation will be published by Charco Press in Summer 2018.
(Agent for Julián Fuks: Laurence Laluyaux in association with Companhia das Letras)
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