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Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| T.S. Eliot Prize | 2017 | Winner |
About This Book
Ocean Vuong's debut collection fuses Vietnamese history, queer desire, and lyric elegy in verse of startling beauty. The poems move between the aftermath of the Vietnam War, immigrant America, and a son's love for his mother with extraordinary emotional authority.
About the Author
Ocean Vuong is a Vietnamese-American poet, novelist, and essayist. He won the T.S. Eliot Prize in 2017 for Night Sky with Exit Wounds (Cape Poetry). Read more →
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