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American reworking of Dickens classic 勝利，勝つs world´s oldest literary prize

Published: 00:02 BST, 26 July 2023 | Updated: 00:03 BST, 26 July 2023

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An American author has said it was a “bit surprising” for her to 勝利，勝つ the world’s oldest literary prize with a novel which reworks a Charles Dickens classic.

Barbara Kingsolver was 指名するd as one of the two 勝利者s of the James Tait 黒人／ボイコット Prize, taking the honours in the fiction section for her 調書をとる／予約する Demon Copperhead.

She said the award was “such a touching 尊敬の印” to the novel, which is a?reimagining of David Copperfield?始める，決める in the Appalachian Mountains of the US in the late 1990s.

Kingsolver said: “It feels a bit surprising for the very old and distinguished James Tait 黒人／ボイコット Prize to 認める the modern, working-class Appalachian 発言する／表明する of my novel.

“But literature, after all, is meant for all readers, everywhere across all of time. I’m 深く，強烈に honoured by this award.”

The 勝利者s of this yars James Tait 黒人／ボイコット prizes have been 発表するd by the University of Edinburgh. (University of Edinburgh/PA)

Fellow American Darryl Pinckney was 宣言するd the 勝利者 in the biography section for his memoir Come 支援する in September: A Literary Education on West Sixty-Seventh Street, Manhattan.

The 調書をとる／予約する tells the story of the New York writer’s 見習いの身分制度 with authors Elizabeth Hardwick and Barbara Epstein, and his introduction to the city’s famous literary scene.

The literary honours, which both come with a ￡10,000 prize, have been 現在のd by the University of Edinburgh since 1919 and are the only major British 調書をとる／予約する prizes which are 裁判官d by literature scholars and students.

Darryl Pinckney´s memoir was 述べるd as `完全に吸収するing´ by one 裁判官. (Dominique Nabokov/University of Edinburgh/PA)

Biography 裁判官 Dr Simon Cooke, of the University of Edinburgh, 述べるd Pinckney’s winning 調書をとる／予約する as “完全に吸収するing”, 追加するing it was a “vivid, nuanced, and moving 尊敬の印 to Elizabeth Hardwick, a fascinating portrait of a place, time and milieu, and a 深遠な meditation on memory, friendship and the literary life� �.

Fiction 裁判官 Dr Benjamin Bateman, also of Edinburgh University, said?Demon Copperhead was “a captivating piece of realist literature which is exceptional across all of the dimensions we look for”.