Overview
- The English edition of Las niñas del naranjel, translated by Robin Myers and published by New Directions, won the 76th edition’s Translated Literature prize.
- The National Book Award grants $10,000 and a bronze statuette shared by the author and the translator.
- At the New York ceremony, Cabezón Cámara thanked Argentina’s public education system and dedicated the award to her partner, cartoonist Maitena.
- Myers used her remarks to condemn U.S. government support for the “genocide” in Gaza.
- The novel reimagines the life of the 17th-century ‘Monja Alférez’ Catalina de Erauso in a satirical queer register and had already earned major prizes in 2024.