Junot Diaz, the Dominican-born author of ?Drown? (1997) short stories and ?The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao? (2008) has won another prestigious award. He has just received the 30,000 sterling pounds for the London Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award 2013. The cash award is the world?s most lucrative award granted for a single short story.
The short story is ?Miss Lora?. It is written in Spanglish and talks about a relationship between a high school age boy and an older woman in the 1980s in New Jersey. Judge and novelist Andrew O'Hagan called it a "contemporary classic".
In celebrating the award, Nestor Montilla, chairman of the Dominican American National Roundtable says: ?With this story, Junor proves once more that he is indeed one of the best and most successful writers of our time.?
Junot Diaz is also a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient. Read more on the award at
Short Story Award: Miss Lora by Junot Diaz | The Sunday Times
In praise of older women | The Sunday Times
Junot D?az wins world's richest short story prize | Books | guardian.co.uk
RCH
The short story is ?Miss Lora?. It is written in Spanglish and talks about a relationship between a high school age boy and an older woman in the 1980s in New Jersey. Judge and novelist Andrew O'Hagan called it a "contemporary classic".
In celebrating the award, Nestor Montilla, chairman of the Dominican American National Roundtable says: ?With this story, Junor proves once more that he is indeed one of the best and most successful writers of our time.?
Junot Diaz is also a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient. Read more on the award at
Short Story Award: Miss Lora by Junot Diaz | The Sunday Times
In praise of older women | The Sunday Times
Junot D?az wins world's richest short story prize | Books | guardian.co.uk
RCH