Phil Klay '05 Wins National Book Award

Phil Klay '05 has won the National Book Award for his collection of short stories on soldiers' experiences in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Redeployment. Klay was on campus on October 23rd and 24th. He gave a reading for the English Department's Poetry and Prose series on the 23rd. On the 24th, Klay participated in a panel discussion hosted by the Dickey Center's War and Peace Studies program, "America and Iraq: Past, Present and Future." Joining Klay on the panel were the Government Department's Professor Bill Wohlforth and Visiting Professor Steven Simon. Professor Ben Valentino, Faculty Coordinator for the War and Peace Studies program, moderated.  The video of the panel is available for viewing on the Center's YouTube channel. 

Read more about Klay's award on Dartmouth Now.

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