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William Wall has won the 2017 Drue Heinz Literature Prize for his collection, The Islands
2 Feb 2017
Cork novelist, poet and short fiction writer William Wall has won the 2017 Drue Heinz Literature Prize for his collection, The Islands. A UCC graduate, William is currently enrolled as a PhD candidate in Creative Writing in the School of English.
The annual award for a collection of short fiction is sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Press offers publication and a prize fund of $15,000. William is the first European writer to win the award. He has previously won the Virginia Faulkner Award, the Sean O’Faoláin Prize and the Patrick Kavanagh Award.