London -- Rose Tremain has won Britain's Orange Broadband Prize for women's fiction for "The Road Home," her novel about a Polish immigrant's move to England.
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The Times of London said this marks the first time the 64-year-old British writer has won one of the country's top literary prizes, even though she is a popular, celebrated author.
Tremain received the Orange award for her 10th novel Wednesday night at a ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
Also on the short list for the Orange prize were Nancy Huston, the Canadian author of "Fault Lines" and Charlotte Mendelson, the British author of "When We Were Bad."
Kirsty Lang, chairwoman of the Orange jury, told The Times the judges were impressed by the "emotional empathy with which (Tremain) wrote the lead character."
"His arrival in London is incredibly moving. We also felt the story was told with warmth and humor. In little vignettes, she draws a Dickensian array of characters, a kebab seller, a mad chef, Chinese asparagus pickers. They are true to life, a true reflection of modern Britain," Lang said.
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