Giller winner Souvankham Thammavongsa takes home $20K Trillium Book Award
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Jun 15, 2021 at 8:28 pm EDT
TORONTO Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Souvankham Thammavongsa is adding Ontario’s top literary prize to her trophy case.
Thammavongsa was awarded the Trillium Book Award for “How to Pronounce Knife,” published by McClelland & Stewart.
The Toronto-based writer’s debut book of short stories won the Giller last fall. Thammavongsa was also recognized with a Trillium prize in 2013 for an early work of poetry.
Danièle Vallée’s “Sept nuits dans la vie de Chérie,” published by Éditions David, took the French-language Trillium Book Award.
Giller winner Souvankham Thammavongsa takes home $20K Trillium Book Award
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Souvankham Thammavongsa poses in this undated handout photo. Thammavongsa was awarded the Trillium Book Award for How to Pronounce Knife, published by McClelland & Stewart. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Sarah Bodri MANDATORY CREDIT
TORONTO – Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Souvankham Thammavongsa is adding Ontario’s top literary prize to her trophy case.
Thammavongsa was awarded the Trillium Book Award for “How to Pronounce Knife,” published by McClelland & Stewart.
The Toronto-based writer’s debut book of short stories won the Giller last fall. Thammavongsa was also recognized with a Trillium prize in 2013 for an early work of poetry.
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Three francophone authors based in Ottawa are among the 16 nominees for this year’s Trillium Book Awards, the province’s most important literary prize. Nicole V. Champeau and Danièle Vallée are vying for the French-language literature award, while Éric Mathieu is a contender in the French-language children’s literature category.