Brussels, 09/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - The European Book Prize was awarded to writers Sofi Oksanen and Roberto Saviano on Wednesday 8 December. In the “Book” category, Finnish authoress Oksanen evokes the end of the Soviet era in Estonia in her book “Puhdistus” (Purge). Under threat of death by the Italian Mafia since he revealed their dealings in “Gamorra”, Saviano was awarded the prize in the “Essays” category for “La Bellezza e l'inferno” which relates the ordeal he...