The news of Nam Le's winning of the Dylan Thomas Prize with his beautiful "The Boat", reaches us via the Story Prize Blog.

Peter Florence, said Le's work “demonstrated a rare brilliance that is breathtaking both in the scope of its subject matter and the quality of its writing”.

The Dylan Thomas Prize is "the largest literary prize for a writer under the age of 30." Le is 29. 

Nam Le, who was featured in Titlepage's episode 5, received £60,000 and in doing so, beat, among others, another Titlepage guest, Ceridwen Dovey. 

Note that both Nam Le and Keith Gessen will be recognized and will be reading as part of the National Book Foundation's “5 Under 35” celebration at Tribeca Cinemas on Monday, November 17. Unfortunately, that event is by invitation only.