US poet Danez Smith wins prestigious Forward Prize

LONDON (AP) — American performance poet Danez Smith has won the prestigious Forward Prize for the collection “Don’t Call Us Dead.”
At 29, the poet from St. Paul, Minnesota is the youngest-ever winner of the 10,000 pound ($13,000) award, founded in 1992.
Smith, who uses the gender-neutral pronoun “they,” was praised for “jubilant and confrontational” verses reflecting their experiences as a young, HIV-positive African American.
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