B.C. author Ruth Ozeki wins the 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction for novel The Book of Form and Emptiness
The annual prize recognizes the year's best novel written by a woman in English. Writers from around the world are eligible.
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The annual prize recognizes the year's best novel written by a woman in English. Writers from around the world are eligible.
LONDON (AP) — A professor of English at Smith College in Massachusetts, Ozeki is also a filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest, and her novel was inspired in part by Buddhist philosophy.
American-Canadian writer Ruth Ozeki has won the prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel called “The Book of Form and Emptiness.”
Author and Buddhist priest Ruth Ozeki receives the £30,000 book award at a ceremony in London.
LONDON (AP) — Canadian-American writer Ruth Ozeki won the prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction on Wednesday for “The Book of Form and Emptiness," a playful, philosophical novel that explores people's relationship to possessions.