British writer and music critic Ian Penman has won the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje prize for his study of the late German film-maker Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Penman’s book, Fassbinder: Thousands of Mirrors, was announced as the winner of the £10,000 prize – awarded to works of fiction, non-fiction or poetry that best evoke the spirit of a place – at a London ceremony on Tuesday evening.
