Lea Ypi has been named the winner of the Royal Society of Literature( RSL) Ondaatje Prize. The Albanian author picked up a ￡10, 000 prize for her 2021 novel Free, a coming-of-age memoir set amid political upheaval. The prize is awarded to an outstanding work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry that “ best evokes the spirit of a place, ” according to organisers. Speaking after receiving the prize, Ypi said she hoped the book would “ make people more sensitive to the realities ” of a country like Al

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