Tahmima Anam's <i>A Golden Age</i> wins regional C’wealth prize

An international judging panel has awarded the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best First Book Award for the Europe and South Asia region to A Golden Age (2007, London: John Murray) by Tahmima Anam.
The novel, a densely packed, lyrically written narrative set during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence, was praised by the panel as "sensitive and evocative."
Animal's People by Indra Sinha was given the region's Best Book Award. A Gold Age had previously also made the final shortlist of five for the 2007 Guardian's First Book Award.

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