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Nam Le
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Who is this?
Nam Le (Vietnamese: Lê Nam; born 1978) is a Vietnamese-born Australian writer, who won the Dylan Thomas Prize for his book The Boat, a collection of short stories. His stories have been published in many places including Best Australian Stories 2007, Best New American Voices, Zoetrope: All-Story, A Public Space and One Story. In 2008 he was named a "5 Under 35" honoree by the National Book Foundation. In 2024 he published his first poetry collection with Knopf, 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem.
Career
- 1978Born
- 2009Won Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
- 2010Won PEN/Malamud Award
- 2010Won Kathleen Mitchell Award
- Notable work: The Boat
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Australia
- •Citizenship: Vietnam
- •Known as: novelist, writer
What happened recently
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Nam Le wins book of the year at NSW Literary awards for ‘passionate and bold’ depiction of Vietnamese diaspora
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How do you write a ‘Vietnamese’ poem? Nam Le’s defiantly cerebral verses shuffle the deck of identity, belonging and being
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The return of Nam Le: ‘As long as I’m terrifying myself a little bit, I’m on the right track’
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