Writers Trust: Canadian Writers

Tamaz Dobozy Dept: Dobozy was one of five Canadian writers honoured Wednesday evening by the Writers Trust. Others included children s authors Jean Little and Paul Yee and another short story writer, Alex Pugsley, according to CBC. The jury hailed Dobozy's stories for their psychological nuance and attention to detail and tamas Dobozy s Siege 13, a collection of linked short stories about the Second World War siege of Budapest and its legacy for survivors, has won the $25,000 Rogers Writers Trust Fiction Prize. Tamaz Dobozy won the $25,000 Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for his short story collection, Siege 13. It was unusual to see a major Canadian fiction award go to a short story collection ahead of four novels. However, Alice Munro won the same prize in 2004 with short story collection Runaway. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.