Diana Evans Wins 2024 Jhalak Prose Prize for 'I Want to Talk to You'
Diana Evans has won the Jhalak prose prize for her nonfiction collection I Want to Talk to You, which explores subjects from literary figures to contemporary events. The Jhalak prizes, awarded to writers of colour living in the UK and Ireland, also recognized Fidan Meikle's My Name is Samim in the children's category and Maggie Harris's I Sing to the Greenhearts in poetry. The awards, each worth £1,000, recognize books described by judges as urgent, necessary, and deserving of wide readership.
Diana Evans has won the 2024 Jhalak prose prize for I Want to Talk to You, a nonfiction collection spanning essays on Jean Rhys, Toni Morrison, lockdowns, and the British monarchy. The prize was announced at a reception on Wednesday evening, with Evans's book selected unanimously by judges including writer Ami Rao, who praised her confident authorship and ability to guide readers through conversations about creativity, motherhood, grief, and music. The Jhalak prizes, open to writers of colour based in the UK and Ireland, also awarded the children's and young adult category to Fidan Meikle for My Name is Samim, a story about a 13-year-old Afghan refugee, and the poetry prize to Maggie Harris for I Sing to the Greenhearts, which explores Guyanese heritage and Black British identity. Each award carries a £1,000 prize. Evans, author of four novels including Ordinary People and A House for Alice, joins previous winners such as Reni Eddo-Lodge and Travis Alabanza.
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