Awarded the Dylan Thomas Prize

The laureate of the Dylan Thomas Prize, the best young writer for 2013 was Claire Wei Watkins from the USA.

She was awarded for the Battleborn story collection, from which, according to the jury, it is impossible to break away, BBC reports.

Battleborn is dedicated to the myths of the American West, in the stories of Claire Wei Watkins the story is adjacent to the present, the reviewer The Boston Globe considers the Fulknerian “Derep of Spirit” by their real place of action. On the Amazon website, Claire Wei Watkins is compared with Cormac McCarthy, Denis Johnson, Richard Ford and Annie Pru.

In addition to the 29-year-old California writer, six more young authors claimed the prize of Dylan Thomas this year, there were three novels, two stories and two poetic collections in the short list.

The Dilan Thomas Prize is annually awarded by the University of Wales for the best prose, poetic or dramatic work created by writers under the age of 30. The monetary part of the award is 30 thousand pounds.