Jančar Wins French Literature Prize

Paris, 4 November - Drago Jančar, one of Slovenia's most celebrated novelists, has joined the ranks of Salman Rushdie and Orhan Pamuk as the winner of the Prix du meilleur livre etranger for the best foreign book, an accolade awarded by the association of French critics and publishers.

Ljubljana Drago Jančar receiving his third Kresnik Prize for best novel of the year, conferred by the newspaper publisher Delo, in 2011, when he was honoured for I Saw Her That Night (To Noč Sem Jo Videl). Photo: Nebojsa Tejic/STA File photo

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Drago Jančar receiving his third Kresnik Prize for best novel of the year, conferred by the newspaper publisher Delo, in 2011, when he was honoured for I Saw Her That Night (To Noč Sem Jo Videl).
Photo: Nebojsa Tejic/STA
File photo

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