We cannot wait to see what comes next from this uncompromising talent.”Īwarded for the best published literary work in the English language, written by an author aged 39 or under, the prize celebrates the international world of fiction in all its forms including poetry, novels, short stories, and drama. We are delighted that the jury of the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize unanimously decided on this riveting debut novel as its choice for the 2021 prize. Raven Leilani is an astonishingly original new voice. This is an important, uncomfortable book, in turns funny and angry, and always compelling. The narrator Edie’s incisive eye for all registers of racist bias is unblinking and masterly. Leilani was awarded the prestigious £20,000 Prize for Luster (Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux) in a virtual ceremony hosted by the award-winning actor and screenwriter Celyn Jones on the eve of International Dylan Thomas Day.Ĭhair of Judges, Namita Gokhale, said: “ Luster is an accomplished and fearless novel that carries the ache, uncertainty and vulnerability as well as the harsh reality of being a young black woman in America.
Described as ‘brutal – and brilliant’ by Zadie Smith, ‘remarkable’ by Candice Carty-Williams and chosen by Barack Obama as one of his favourite books of the last year, Luster has established thirty-year-old Leilani as an unflinching new voice in literary fiction.
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