Writing
We express who we are through writing.
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David Diop has won the prestigious International Booker Prize for translated fiction with his novel At Night All Blood Is Black about a Senegalese soldier fighting for France in World War I. The Paris-born writer is the first French winner of the prize, given for a book translated into English, and shares the award with…
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Congratulations to all the writers and publishers whose works are on this year’s Sunday Times/CNA Literary Awards lists for fiction and non-fiction. The abundance of talent in this country is something to celebrate. Fiction selections Barbara Adair: Will, the Passenger Delaying Flight … (Modjaji Books) Terry-Ann Adams: Those Who Live in Cages (Jacana Media) Mia…
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Remembering novelist, poet and essay writer André Brink, who was born on 29 May 1935. Brink was the first Afrikaans writer to have a book banned by the National Party government – the 1973 novel Kennis van die Aand. The writer was a key figure in Die Sestigers, a South African literary movement that challenged…
Jenn Writes 