Adichie and Adiga go head-to-head for book prize

27 October 2009

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who won the 2007 Orange Price for 'Half of a Yellow Sun' and Aravind Adiga who won the 2008 the Booker for  'The White Tiger', will go head to head for this year's John Llewellyn Rhys literary prize.

The John Llewellyn Rhys award is the second oldest literary prize in Britain (1942) and is presented each year to a writer in the UK or Commonwealth aged under 35, for a work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry.

Also up for the award is poet Emma Jones, James Maskalyk, Tristram Stuart and Evie Wyld. The winner will be presented with the award and £5,000 prize at a ceremony in London on 30th November.