Nigerian Author Arinze Ifeakandu Wins the 2023 Dylan Thomas Prize

Nigerian Author Arinze Ifeakandu Wins the 2023 Dylan Thomas Prize

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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.
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