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Trezise's prize-winning "Fresh Apples" |
Dylan Thomas Prize Winner to Give Public Reading
Date: March 8
Location: Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 100
Time: 7:00 PM
Welsh author Rachel Trezise, winner of the first Dylan Thomas Prize, will give a public reading from her short story collection "Fresh Apples." The event is free and open to the public.
"'Fresh Apples' explores the dark side of the once-vibrant coal valleys of South Wales with grim wit and unexpected humor," said English professor and noted poet Kurt Heinzelman, who also was a member of the international judging panel for the prize. "The gritty Welsh dialect used is unique in mainstream English-language literature. Though it invites comparison to the Scottish tale 'Trainspotting' and James Joyce's 'Dubliners,' Trezise's work was the most startlingly original of the six finalists representing five countries."
The £60,000 ($120,000) Dylan Thomas Prize, created to celebrate the work of the Swansea-born Welsh poet for whom the prize is named, is one of the world's highest paying literary awards. The competition is open to all published writers in the English language under the age of 30 and will be awarded biennially.
Contact:
Jennifer McAndrew
Public Affairs Specialist, College of Liberal Arts
jennifer.mcandrew@mail.utexas.edu
512-232-4730
Kurt Heinzelman
Professor, Department of English
512-471-6688