Rattawut Lapcharoensap wins AAWW Fiction Award 2006

28-year-old New York-based author Rattawut Lapcharoensap from Thailand has been officially named as recipient of this year’s prize for fiction by the Asian American Writers Workshop (AAWW) for his début collection of short stories “Sightseeing” (have a look at my review here).

Congratulations, Rattawut! Now that's what I call a well-deserved recognition for once. Cheers!
In what will be already the 9th such annual event, the AAWW is “recognizing excellence in Asian American literature [...] awarding the best in Asian American fiction, poetry, and nonfiction of 2005”. The ceremony will take place on Monday, December 4th; you'll find all further details here.

Rattawut is currently working on his first novel, expected for publication no sooner than by late 2007. I’ll keep you updated.

(pic©June Glasson)