露丝·欧泽克的《形与空之书》获得了2022年女性小说奖，且已授权17个语区！

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022!

This is Ruth’s brilliantly inventive fourth novel.

The book has been licensed in 17 territories.

The foreign publishers are: Australia (Text), Brazil (Morro Branco), Canada (PRH), France (Belfond), Germany (Julia Eisele Verlag), Israel (Am Oved), Italy (Edizioni E/O), Korea (Influential), Lithuania (Baltos Lankos), Portugal (Infinito Particular), Romania (Curtea Veche), Russia (AST), Spain (Alianza), Taiwan (Yuan-Liou), Turkey (Ithaki), US (Viking) and world Arabic (Kalemat).

2022 Chair of Judges Mary Ann Sieghart, said: “In an extraordinary year for fiction written by women, and from an incredibly strong shortlist, we were thrilled to choose Ruth Ozeki’s The Book of Form and Emptiness, which stood out for its sparkling writing, warmth, intelligence, humour and poignancy. A celebration of the power of books and reading, it tackles big issues of life and death, and is a complete joy to read. Ruth Ozeki is a truly original and masterful storyteller.”

Canongate c.e.o. Jamie Byng said Ozeki is ‘a really remarkable human being’. He added: ‘What a generous and wise and thoughtful and appreciative woman she is – and she’s an absolutely brilliant writer too, which always helps.’

Watch the moment Ruth Ozeki was announced as the winner on the Women’s Prize website:

www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/features/features/news/announcing-the-2022-winner-of-the-womens-prize

The news was reported in:

Guardian: www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/15/ruth-ozeki-women-prize-for-fiction-the-book-of-form-and-emptiness

Daily Mail: www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-10921005/Ruth-Ozeki-says-winning-Women-s-Prize-Fiction-wonderful-product.html

Bookseller: www.thebookseller.com/news/masterful-ruth-ozeki-wins-2022-womens-prize-for-fiction

BBC News: www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61808113

Independent: www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/books/fiction-books/womens-prize-for-fiction-winner-ruth-ozeki-b2101531.html

Evening Standard: www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/womens-prize-for-fiction-the-duchess-of-cornwall-mary-ann-sieghart-pulitzer-prize-pandora-sykes-b1006422.html

Irish News: www.irishnews.com/magazine/entertainment/2022/06/15/news/ruth-ozeki-s-the-book-of-form-and-emptiness-wins-women-s-prize-for-fiction-2744552/

iNews: https://inews.co.uk/culture/books/womens-prize-for-fiction-2022-winner-ruth-ozeki-zen-buddhist-priest-1688371