Nigerian Author Arinze Ifeakandu Wins the 2023 Dylan Thomas Prize

Category : Awards Published on: May 18 2023

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The 28-year-old writer Arinze Ifeakandu has won the £20,000 Swansea University Dylan Thomas prize for his debut book 'God’s Children Are Little Broken Things'.
The prize, which recognises literary works by authors aged 39 or under, is one of the most prestigious awards for young writers.
Ifeakandu’s debut short story collection, God’s Children Are Little Broken Things, features nine stories that examine queer love, family and loneliness against the backdrop of Nigerian society.
God’s Children Are Little Broken Things also won the 2022 Republic of Consciousness prize for the US and Canada and the Story prize Spotlight award.
This prize was launched in 2006 in honour of esteemed Welsh poet Dylan Thomas to celebrate young writers of poetry, novels, short stories and drama in the English language.