Bhanu Kapil, Yiyun Li and Namwali Serpell are among the winners of the 2020 Windham Campbell literary prizeo Coronavirus and culture - a list of major cancellationso Coronavirus - latest updateso See all our coronavirus coverageThe day before British-Indian poet Bhanu Kapil learned she had won a Windham Campbell prize, she had been wondering about how to balance writing, teaching and caring for her elderly mother. The next day, she received an email from the prize´s director, Michael Kelleher, informing her that she had been awarded $165,000 (£141,000).`Sitting in bed, wondering about the future, I´d said, aloud, `Help´,` said the 51-year-old, who had never won a poetry prize before. `The moment Michael told me I´d won, I felt as if what I´d called out had been received. And I am not a religious person.` Related: Maria Tumarkin on winning the 2020 Windham Campbell: `It feels like a complicated gift` Continue reading...
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