Orange prize 2011 goes to Téa Obreht

Orange prize 2011 goes to Téa Obreht and her debut novel, The Tiger’s Wife:

Not only is the newly announced winner of this year’s Orange prize for fiction a first time novelist, she’s also strikingly, surprisingly young – only 25 – making Téa Obreht the youngest ever author to be given the award in its 16-year history.

I am 30 years old. I feel ancient.

8 June 2011