Guyanese Writer Wins 2018 CODE Burt Award

Courtesy of Loop Jamaica.

By DARLISA GHOURALAL | Loop Jamaica

Award-winning Guyanese author Imam Baksh has been named this year’s winner of the Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature.

Baksh received the first prize of $10,000 CAD for his manuscript The Dark of the Sea on the opening night of the 2018 NGC Bocas Lit Festival in Port-of-Spain.

The Burt Award recognises outstanding writing for young adults by Caribbean authors.

This is Baksh’s second book to be awarded the CODE Burt Award Winning prize.

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