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Gay Vietnamese-American Poet Won £5,000 At Poetry Oscars
A Gay Vietnam-born poet just won the top award at the “Poetry Oscars.”
28-year-old Ocean Vuong just received £5,000 for winning the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection at the Forward Prizes for his book Night Sky With Exit Wounds.
Andrew Marr, the head of the judging panel, praised Vuong’s writing as ''a truly remarkable new voice".
He explained further that:
''This exciting poet navigates different terrains, from personal traumas to history and mythology, with great skill and imagination. Formally daring, and...
