Arnon Grunberg wins Libris award

Arnon Grunberg (36) has won the €50,000 Libris literature prize for his novel Tirza. The Libris jury said the book, the story of a neurotic father and his relationship with his daughter, was an ‘impressive, disturbing book’ which shows how literature can ‘lay bare human failings’.

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