Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Night Sky with Exit Wounds
First edition cover
AuthorOcean Vuong
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry
PublisherCopper Canyon Press
Publication date
April 5, 2016
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages89
Awards2017 T. S. Eliot Prize
ISBN978-1-55659-495-3
811/.6
LC ClassPS3622.U96 A6 2016

Night Sky with Exit Wounds is a 2016 collection of poetry by Vietnamese American poet and essayist Ocean Vuong.[1] The book won the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2017[2]—which made him the youngest winner of the award at the time at 29 years old, as well as the second-ever debut poet to receive it.[3][4] The book also won the Whiting Award in 2016.[5]

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  2. ^ Harriet Staff (15 January 2018). "Ocean Vuong Wins T.S. Eliot Prize". Poetry Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Association of Writers & Writing Programs". www.awpwriter.org. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
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  5. ^ Christensen, Dusty (16 January 2018). "Florence poet wins prestigious prize". Daily Hampshire Gazette. Archived from the original on 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.