Phil Klay‘s National Book Award-winning book Redeployment has won the 2015 Chautauqua Prize.
The prize includes a $7,500 award, as well as a week long summer residency at Chautauqua for himself and his wife. At the residency, Klay will host a public reading of his book and a book signing on Saturday July 25 at the Hall of Philosophy. “I’m thrilled to come to the original Chautauqua,” stated Klay. “I’m incredibly honored by this, and looking forward to meeting folks there.”
A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Klay explores the frontlines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in this short story collection.