Bits of Book News: American wins French prize, Tolkien’s home for sale
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Jonathan Littell, an American, was awarded the Concourt Prize, France’s top literary award. His book, Les Beinveillantes or The Kindly Ones, a 900-page novel in the form of memoirs of a Nazi officer, is written in French. It has been getting a lot of attention in France because of its subject matter and the nationality of its author.
Littell, son of spy novelist Robert Littell, was born in the United States but spent most of his youth in France.
The winning novel will be available in English in 2008.
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A bungalow in Dorset which was home to J.R.R. Tolkien from 1968 to 1971 is now up for sale for at least £1 million.
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