Author Zahia Rahmani and translator Matt Reeck share the US$10,000 Albertine Prize purse for the English translation of ‘Muslim’, published by Dallas’ Deep Vellum.
‘A Book That Reflects Today’s World’
Continuing the year-end rush to announce publishing and book award winners, New York City’s French and English bookstore Albertine presented as part of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy has named Matt Reeck’s translation of author Zahia Rahmani’s
Muslim (Deep Vellum, February 2019) the winner of the 2020 Albertine Prize.
The news was announced Wednesday (December 9) in a digital presentation and was messaged to the media today (December 10).