Nam Le

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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

1. 1978
   Born
2. 2009
   Won Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
3. 2010
   Won PEN/Malamud Award
4. 2010
   Won Kathleen Mitchell Award
5. Notable work: The Boat

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Australia
• •Citizenship: Vietnam
• •Known as: novelist, writer