The Guardian announced that Ocean Vuong (CRF 2016) has been awarded the prestigious TS Eliot Prize for his debut collection of poetry, Night Sky With Exit Wounds:
“After becoming the first literate person in his family and a prize-winning poet festooned with awards, Ocean Vuong has now won perhaps his most prestigious accolade yet for his debut collection: the TS Eliot prize…Vuong is only the second debut poet to win the TS Eliot prize, two years after Sarah Howe [CRF 2017] became the first, winning for Loop of Jade in 2016.”
An Italian translation of Vuong’s Collection is available here.
Link to the full Guardian article below.
Thumbnail photograph: Adrian Pope, The Guardian