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Ruel Johnson cops Guyana Prize for Best Fiction
One of Guyana’s most proficient writers, Ruel Johnson, copped the Guyana Prize for Best Fiction at last night’s award ceremony for the Guyana Prize for Literature 2012 which was held at the Pegasus Hotel.
Winners of the Guyana Prize for Literature 2012 alongside the President of Guyana, Donald Ramotar and representatives of the University of Guyana.
Touted as one of the country’s best writers of the decade, Johnson won the award for the second time following his previous win in 2002 for his collection, “Ariadne and other stories”.
The title for the best poetry award was shared between Dr. Ian Mc Donald and Cassia Alphonso.
Mosa Mathifa Telford was lauded for her thought-provoking play, “Sauda” and thereby won the award for Best Drama.
Only one entry was shortlisted from among those in the First Book of Fiction category and Sasenarine Persaud was declared the winner of this group.
Unfortunately, no work was considered suitable for a shortlist in the First Book of Poetry Category.
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Very poor coverage by the local media for what is considered a major literary event in Guyana. Other sources report that the winner of “first book of fiction category” was Chaitram Singh not Sasenaraine Persaud as reported here. Which is correct? How about a list of categories, nominees and winners?