Zadie Smith Bites the Hand

The Telegraph reports that author Zadie Smith has been going around saying a lot of nasty things about literary prizes.

Zadie Smith, the award-winning author, has launched a blistering attack on literary prizes.

The writer, who has received awards for her novels White Teeth and On Beauty, said that most literary prizes were “only nominally” about literature.

“They are really about brand consolidation for beer companies, phone companies, coffee companies and even frozen food companies,” she said on the website of the Willesden Herald, a forum of the arts.

Oh, ouch. The full piece is here.