![]() Speaking about their win, von Reinhold said: “Not to be too dramatique, but my head is still spinning too much to make any kind of concise statement. ![]() Lote author von Reinhold’s winning fiction follows the narrator Mathilda’s fixation with the forgotten black Scottish modernist poet Hermia Druitt, a bohemian socialite of the 1920s.įiction judge Dr Benjamin Bateman called Lote “an imaginative tour de force that combines a gripping detective plot with a thoughtful meditation on the historical neglect of black, queer and women artists”. “I’m very grateful to the judges, to my agent Alba Ziegler-Bailey, and to the wonderful Tramp Press.” “From the very beginning, as I set out in pursuit of a ghost, this book often surprised me, and it continues to do so. ![]() ![]() Ni Ghriofa said: “It’s such a deep joy to be awarded this prize. ![]() Biography judge Dr Simon Cooke called it “a work of great and searching depth and generosity, as involving as it is luminous, that weaves poetry, memoir, biography and translation into a powerful celebration of female texts, and a profound exploration of the way the voice and life of one poet echoes in the life and voice of another”. ![]()
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