Poetess Elyse Fenton's grand works of poetry were inspired by her husband serving in Iraq. It was her collection of 21st century poetry that won the fantastic prize. The prize this lovely writer from America won was set up to honour the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. The name of the award given by the University of Wales was the Dylan Thomas Prize. The point of the prize is to encourage young writers.
Ms. Fenton's poetry book Clamor is the first poetry book to ever win this award. Another lucky writer, Stefan Mohamed, he won the £5,000 Sony Reader Award category. This was for unpublished writers; the name of his novel that won was: Bitter Sixteen.
Apparently, the book of poetry Ms. Fenton wrote named Clamor was inspired from bits of instant messages between she and her husband while he was in Iraq working as a medic. The works comprising the book are inspiring, and beautifully written. The passion and longing out of love comes shining through loud and clear. It was a true winner among the competition. Great work indeed.
No comments:
Post a Comment