Author whose first collection was published this year sees off competition including Booker winner Hilary Mantel
KJ Orr, whose first collection was published this year, has seen off the likes of two-time Man Booker prize winner Hilary Mantel and the poet Lavinia Greenlaw to win the BBC national short story award.
Described by author and judge Kei Miller, as “a near perfect example of how the short story works – a small world that’s perfectly observed”, Orr’s story Disappearances won the £15,000 prize at a ceremony at BBC’s Broadcasting House on Tuesday night. Set in Buenos Aires, the story delves into the mind of a retired plastic surgeon who begins to frequent a cafe to observe a particular waitress while she works. Orr was inspired to write the story while watching a solitary man in a cafe during a trip to Argentina.
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