The winner of the Jewish Book Council’s $100,000 Sami Rohr Prize, announced today, is Sana Krasikov, right, for her short story collection “One More Year” (Spiegel & Grau, 2008). The Book Council also announced that its $25,000 Sami Rohr Prize Choice Award would go to Dalia Sofer, the author of the novel “The Septembers of Shiraz” (Ecco, 2007).
These awards will be handed out at a May gala in New York City. For more on Krasikov, Sofer and their fellow Rohr Prize finalists, see the Bintel Blog’s coverage of the literary prize here.
Sana Krasikov Takes Top Rohr Prize