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Now she’s about to become a first-time novelist — with “Sex and the City” and “Emily in Paris” creator Darren Star lined up to adapt her book into a series for Universal Television.

Decades later, he adapted the book into a television film for the government-run Doordarshan channel, winning a state award.

Francisco Ramos, vice president of Latin American content, said in a presentation video that previously no one had ever tried to adapt the book into a series or film, nor had the García Márquez family approved any adaptations.

Nichols, who had dreamed of translating Lyon’s book into a film for two decades and was in the middle of a tight 41-day shoot, remembers the moment.

Erpenbeck shares the award of 50,000 British pounds, about $63,500, with Michael Hofmann, who translated the book into English.