U.S. writer Hanif Abdurraqib wins Weston International Award

American poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib, shown in an undated handout photo, has won the $75,000 Weston International Award. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Kate Sweeney (Mandatory Credit)

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TORONTO - The U.S. poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib has won the $75,000 Weston International Award.

Jurors for the $75,000 literary prize praise Abdurraqib's ability to combine "searing insights into Blackness and social inequality in the United States with themes of love and belonging, life and death."

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