Premise: Pobby and Dingan is a novella by English author Ben Rice, which first appeared in issue 70 of "Granta" in Summer 2000 and published in book form later that year. It was joint winner of the 2001 Somerset Maugham Award and shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. It has been made into the 2006 film "Opal Dream" and a 2010 play for children by Catherine Wheels Theatre Company.
Hypothesis: Ben Rice was born in 1961.