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November 13, 2008
Nam Le wins the Dylan Thomas Prize!
by OdileThe 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.