Arnott longlisted for 2023 Dylan Thomas Prize
Tasmanian writer Robbie Arnott has been longlisted for Swansea University’s Dylan Thomas Prize, awarded for the best literary work published in English and written by an author aged 39 or under. The winner receives £20,000 ($34,600).
Arnott’s third novel Limberlost is a coming-of-age story that centres on Ned, who experiences a formative summer during his teens that shapes him throughout his lifetime. Published in October 2022, the book has so far been shortlisted for a Victorian Premier’s Literary Award and an Indie Book Award.
The 12 literary works in contention for the 2023 Dylan Thomas Prize are:
- Limberlost (Robbie Arnott, Text)
- Seven Steeples (Sara Baume, Tramp Press) (Ireland)
- God’s Children Are Little Broken Things (Arinze Ifeakandu, W&N) (Nigeria)
- Maps Of Our Spectacular Bodies (Maddie Mortimer, Picador) (UK)
- Phantom Gang (Ciaran O’Rourke, The Irish Pages Press) (Ireland)
- Things They Lost (Okwiri Oduor, Bloomsbury) (Kenya)
- Losing the Plot (Derek Owusu, Canongate) (UK)
- I’m a Fan (Sheena Patel, Rough Trade Books) (UK)
- Send Nudes (Saba Sams, Bloomsbury) (UK)
- Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head (Warsan Shire, Chatto & Windus) (Somalia-UK)
- Briefly, A Delicious Life (Nell Stevens, Picador) (UK)
- No Land to Light On (Yara Zgheib, Atlantic Books) (Lebanon).
The shortlist will be announced on 23 March, with the winner to follow on 11 May. The winner of last year’s Dylan Thomas Prize was Patricia Lockwood for No One is Talking About This (Bloomsbury).
For more information about the prize and the 2023 longlist, see the Swansea University website.
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