George Saunders
Latest Stories
99564bcbbbae14094e0f6a7067002db0.jpg
George Saunders holds up a trophy after winning the Folio Prize at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London, Monday, March 10, 2014. The American writer has won the 40,000 pound ($67,000) Folio Prize for literature with his humorous and disturbing short-story collection "Tenth of December." The chair of the judging panel, poet Lavinia Greenlaw, said Monday that Saunders' "darkly playful" stories explore "the human self under ordinary and extraordinary pressure." Saunders beat seven other finalists, including Kent Haruf, Rachel Kushner, Anne Carson and Eimear McBride. (AP Photo/PA, Ian West) UNITED KINGDOM OUT
6d895470bbad14094e0f6a706700ec11.jpg
George Saunders holds up a trophy after winning the Folio Prize at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London, Monday, March 10, 2014. The American writer has won the 40,000 pound ($67,000) Folio Prize for literature with his humorous and disturbing short-story collection "Tenth of December." The chair of the judging panel, poet Lavinia Greenlaw, said Monday that Saunders' "darkly playful" stories explore "the human self under ordinary and extraordinary pressure." Saunders beat seven other finalists, including Kent Haruf, Rachel Kushner, Anne Carson and Eimear McBride. (AP Photo/PA, Ian West) UNITED KINGDOM OUT
db31e8a1bbab14094e0f6a7067003b78.jpg
George Saunders gives a speech after winning the Folio Prize at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London, Monday, March 10, 2014. The American writer has won the 40,000 pound ($67,000) Folio Prize for literature with his humorous and disturbing short-story collection "Tenth of December." The chair of the judging panel, poet Lavinia Greenlaw, said Monday that Saunders' "darkly playful" stories explore "the human self under ordinary and extraordinary pressure." Saunders beat seven other finalists, including Kent Haruf, Rachel Kushner, Anne Carson and Eimear McBride. (AP Photo/PA, Ian West) UNITED KINGDOM OUT
