Prize for Nigerian author

Half Of A Yellow Sun author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has won this year’s PEN Pinter Prize.

The prize is awarded to writers in memory of playwright Harold Pinter, who take an “unflinching, unswerving” look at the world.

The Purple Hibiscus author said: “I admired Harold Pinter’s talent, his courage, his lucid dedication to telling his truth and I am honoured to be given an award in his name.”

The Nigerian-born writer will receive the award at a ceremony at the British Library in October.

The prize was established in 2009 by the charity English PEN “which defends freedom of expression and promotes literature”. It is awarded annually to a writer from Britain, Ireland or the Commonwealth.