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Helen Dunmore wins Costa book of the year for Inside the Wave

Written By Unknown on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 | 2:43 PM

Poet is only second posthumous winner in the literary prize’s 46-year history

The poet and author Helen Dunmore died in June 2017 but her words live on, with her final poetry collection, Inside the Wave, winning the Costa book of the year.

Expressly rewarding enjoyability, the Costa book awards are open only to writers in the UK and Ireland. There are five categories – novel, first novel, biography, poetry and children’s book – with the winner of each then vying for the overall £30,000 book of the year prize.

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