The Argentine writer Hernán Díaz won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his most recent novel entitled "Fortuna".

On the other hand, Rodrigo Abd, also an Argentine, was honored for a photograph in the framework of the coverage of the war in Ukraine.

Edited by Anagram, "Fortuna" is the work carried out by the national writer who makes 25 years resides in New York City, place where the events also take place in his second publication.

In "Fortune", Diaz tells the story of Andrev Bevel, an American financial magnate and his wife Mildred, early twentieth century.

Díaz, who had a first residence as a child with his parents in Sweden, graduated at the University of Buenos Aires, where he obtained his degree in the Faculty of Letters. He later obtained a scholarship in London and completed his doctorate in New York., where he currently works at Columbia University.

"Fortuna" is the successor to "In the distance", the first novel published in 2020 and for which he received wide recognition and was a finalist for the prestigious PEN/Faulkner and Pulitzer literary prizes in 2018.

On the other hand and beyond the success achieved by "Fortuna", HBO is working with Díaz on the adaptation of the series, that will have Kate Winslet as one of its protagonists.

On the other hand, Rodrigo Abd obtained his distinction within the framework of his work carried out in the war that is taking place in Ukraine.

Along with other award-winning photographers, Abd was noted for portraying Nadiya Trubchaninova, a woman of 70 years who cried inconsolably next to the coffin of his son of 48.

Currently a member of the Associated Press, Abd shared his distinction with Emilio Morenatti, Felipe Dana, Evgeniy Maloletka, Nariman El Mofty, Vadim Ghirda and Bernat Armangue.

Abd's lens had also been awarded at 2013 following his work in the Syrian War.