Congratulations to Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams who have won this year’s Goldsmiths Prize for their novel, Diego Garcia.

A tragicomedy interrogating the powers of literature alongside the crimes of the British government, Diego Garcia is a collaborative fiction that opens up possibilities for the novel and seeks other ways of living together.

Tim Parenll, Chair of the Judges, says: 'By turns, funny, moving, and angry, Diego Garcia is as compelling to read as it is intricately wrought. For Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams collaboration is both method and politics.'

Fellow judge Ali Smith further comments: 'This single novel composed by two writers is both a paean to connectivity and a profound study of the tragedy of human disconnect. At its core is an excoriation of a set of specific colonial foulnesses and injustices: the forced depopulation of the Chagos Islands and their expedient use by the UK and the US as a military base and bargaining chip.'

Established in 2013, The Goldsmiths Prize celebrates the qualities of creative daring and to reward fiction that breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form. As the 2022 winners, Williams and Soobramanien collectively receive £10,000 in prize money.

Find out more about the Goldsmiths Prize here.