World Literary Awards

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O. Henry Award おーへんりーしょう

Edition 88 (2009)

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Winners

2 people
Junot Díaz じゅの でぃあす Winner

A short story centered on immigration and family memory. Past events and present life overlap through the narrator’s perspective, quietly exploring loss, belonging, and the rebuilding of the self.

Past and present overlap, bringing immigrant memory and belonging into view.

immigrationfamilyidentitymemorybelonging
Graham Joyce ぐれあむ じょいす Winner

A short story about the conflict and loneliness hidden inside an apparently ordinary person. Through a soldier’s role and other occupational identities, it quietly illuminates heroism, everyday life, and human fragility.

It uses a quiet voice to reveal the loneliness and fragility beneath ordinary life.

warlonelinessheroisminterior lifefantasy