Irish writer Claire Keegan was on Friday awarded Germany’s prestigious Siegfried Lenz Prize 2024, endowed with €50,000 ($54,854), at Hamburg City Hall. The jury described 56-year-old Keegan as “one of the great European storytellers.” Her works have been translated into 30 languages and have also been made into films. Based on the book of the same name, the film “Small Things Like These” with Irish Oscar winner Cillian Murphy premiered at the Berlinale film festival this year. The literary prize is awarded every two years to international writers “whose creative work is close to the spirit of …