Omar El Akkad is this year's winner of the $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
The Egyptian-Canadian author and journalist received the honour for "What Strange Paradise" at a televised Toronto gala Monday night.
In their citation, the jury said the book "raises questions of indifference and powerlessness and, ultimately, offers clues as to how we might reach out empathetically in a divided world." Monday night's black-tie affair reinstated the Giller as the bash of the fall books season after last year's celebration was held remotely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year's runners-up, who each received $10,000, were: Angelique Lalonde, nominated for her story collection "Glorious Frazzled Beings," published by House of Anansi; Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia for her novel "The Son of The House," published by Dundurn Press; Jordan Tannahill for his novel "The Listeners," published by HarperCollins Canada; and Miriam Toews for her novel "Fight Night," published by Knopf Canada.
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