US writer Joyce Carol Oates wins France's richest book prize


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Institut de France has announced Joyce Carol Oates as the recipient of the Cino del Duca literary prize, which honours her long carrier of more than 60 novels. Photo: AFP

US writer Joyce Carol Oates, so often a bridesmaid for the Nobel literature prize, won France's richest books prize on May 25.

The Cino del Duca World Prize, which is worth US$218,000 (RM951,000), is often seen as a stepping stone to the Nobel, with Andrei Sakharov, Mario Vargas Llosa and the French novelist Patrick Modiano all winning it before going on to Nobel glory.

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