"Riley is celebrated for her oeuvre of short novels that explore fractured relationships, family tensions and the interior lives of women, including First Love, which was shortlisted for the Women's prize for fiction, and My Phantoms."
"This unimagined vote of confidence will not go wasted on me. Riley's work recasts our relationship with the familiar, transforming ordinary, unremarkable lives of her characters into something startling and new."
"Shakthidharan was selected in recognition of works including his 2019 multigenerational epic Counting and Cracking, which is inspired by the story of his family and traces the history of 20th-century Sri Lanka."
"In the fiction category, Riley is joined by American writer Adam Ehrlich Sachs, who is awarded the prize for what the judges called his bravura exploration of the history of knowledge in all of its absurdity, strangeness and difficult beauty."
Gwendoline Riley is among eight writers awarded $175,000 each by the Windham-Campbell prizes, totaling $1.4 million annually. This prize supports writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. Riley is recognized for her short novels that delve into fractured relationships and women's interior lives. Shakthidharan is honored for his multigenerational epic, Counting and Cracking, reflecting on Sri Lanka's history. Other recipients include Adam Ehrlich Sachs and Lucy Sante, who are acknowledged for their unique contributions to literature.
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