English & Comparative Literary Studies News
AL Kennedy wins Heinrich Heine Prize
Congratulations to AL Kennedy - she has just been awarded the Heinrich Heine Prize by the city of Dusseldorf. The University press release is here.
Her most recent novel, Serious Sweet, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was twice included in the Granta Best of Young British Novelists list. She has won awards including the 2007 Costa Book Award and the Austrian State Prize for International Literature. Her professional website is here.