Palestinian novelist wins Swansea University's Dylan Thomas Prize for literature

Yasmin Zaher wins Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2025 with her debut novel The Coin | @dylanthomprize | @midascampaigns

: Swansea, Thursday 15 May 2025: Today, Palestinian author Yasmin Zaher has been revealed as the winner of the world’s largest and most prestigious literary prize for young writers – the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize – for her debut novel, The Coin, marking twenty years of this global accolade. Chosen in a unanimous decision by this […]

Palestinian novelist wins Swansea University's Dylan Thomas Prize for literature

Chosen in a unanimous decision by this year’s judging panel, The Coin draws on Zaher’s personal experiences to dissect nature and civilisation, beauty and justice, class and belonging in a vivid exploration of identity and heritage. Namita Gokhale, Chair of Judges, said on behalf of the panel: “Whittling our exceptional longlist of twelve down to six brilliant books, and then again to just one, was not an easy exercise – yet the judging panel wa…