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Margaret Atwood wins Spanish prize
Margaret Atwood has won Spain's Prince of Asturias literary prize, reports the Guardian. The jury praised the 68-year-old Canadian author for work that moves between numerous literary genres "with sharpness and irony", reserving further praise for the political dimension of her work, commending Atwood as an author who "defends the dignity of women and denounces situations of social injustice."
Atwood has published more than 25 volumes of poetry, fiction and nonfiction and won prestigious awards including the 2000 Booker prize for The Blind Assassin.
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