Toronto writer and poet Souvankham Thammavongsa has won the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her short-story collection How to Pronounce Knife, the writer's first work of fiction. WATCH | Thammavongsa reacts with joy as she wins the Giller Prize and it is delivered to her door:The moment Souvankham Thammavongsa learned she won the Giller Prize 2:58 Souvankham Thammavongsa, Giller Prize winner for her short story collection How to Pronounce Knife, talks about growing up and learning English in ESL classes — where there was no prize for mispronouncing the word 'knife.' Winnipeg novelist and short story writer David Bergen, a past Giller-winner nominated again for his short story collection Here the Dark. New York-based Canadian writer Emily St. John Mandel, nominated for her novel The Glass Hotel. Canada's richest award for fictionThe Giller Prize was founded in 1994 by businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his wife, the literary journalist Doris Giller.

Source: CBC News November 10, 2020 03:08 UTC