LONDON, England – Toronto-based poet Jacob McArthur Mooney has made the short list for this year’s University of Wales Dylan Thomas Prize.
The Nova Scotia native is a finalist for the international prize – worth 30,000 pounds (about C$48,000) – for “Folk” (McClelland & Stewart), a collection of poems that touches on topics including the 1998 crash of Swissair Flight 111 off the coast of his home province.
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Four other books are also up for the annual award, including the novel “The Tiger’s Wife” (Orion) by Belgrade-born, New York-based Tea Obreht, which won the prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction in June.
The other shortlisted works are “The Meeting Point” by London-based Lucy Caldwell (Faber), “The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore” by New York’s Benjamin Hale (Atlantic Books), and “My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece” by Annabel Pitcher (Orion) of West Yorkshire, England.
Named after Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, the prize is open to all published authors aged 18 to 30, writing in a variety of genres in the English language from anywhere in the world.
The previous three winners of the prize are Elyse Fenton, Nam Le and Rachel Trezise.
This year’s winner will be announced Nov. 9 in a ceremony in Thomas’ hometown of Swansea, South Wales.
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