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Article: Zadie Smith Wins 2006 Orange Prize for Fiction.
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- PR Newswire Europe
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- June 6, 2006
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LONDON, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- British author Zadie Smith has won the eleventh Orange Prize for Fiction with her third novel On Beauty (Hamish Hamilton). At a ceremony in central London hosted by Orange Prize for Fiction Co-Founder and Honorary Director, Kate Mosse, the 2006 Chair of Judges, Martha Kearney, presented the author with the GBP30,000 prize and the 'Bessie', a limited edition bronze figurine. Both are anonymously endowed.
Martha Kearney, Chair of Judges, said: "After an animated discussion which broke all Orange Prize for Fiction records for length, we decided to give this years Prize to On Beauty by Zadie Smith. This is a book which combines ...