Elizabeth Kabui is the winner of the grand prize in the Burt Awards for African Literature for 2014 for her book Wa Nyakeeru My Father published by Longhorn Publishers.
For those who might not be in the know the Burt Award, funded by Canadian philanthropist William Burt is an annual award that goes to fiction that is targeted at young adults.
The Burt Award is the richest in Kenya and Mrs Kabui went home with a cool CAD$ 9,000 (Sh780,000). The beauty of this award is that it’s not only the main winner who goes home with some good good. Coming second 2012 award winner Anthony Mugo with Ask the Stars going home with CAD$7,000 (Sh557,976) and third was Moraa Gitaa with The Shark Attack with CAD$5,000 (Sh400,000).
The winners will also have 3,000 of their books bought for distribution to schools.
The winner was selected from the nominees who were selected earlier in the year.
The 2013 edition of the award was won by Argwings Otieno for his book A Taste of Fame.
Elizabeth Kabui wins Burt Award for African Literature 2014
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5 responses to “Elizabeth Kabui wins Burt Award for African Literature 2014”
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[…] the Burt Award 2014 and the Wahome Mutahi Prize 2014 done and dusted we look forward to next year and what the prize […]
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Afternoon Blogger, I am a South African who frequent Kenya Nairobi on business. I saw Mrs Elizabeth Kabui on a breakfast show talking about her recent book Wa Nyakero my father? and I have been trying to get my son a copy with no success. I have promised my 11 years old boy this book and I cannot afford to disappoint him. Please advice on where can I get the copy and how much is it?
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Hey Freddy, You should try any of the Text Book Centres; Sarit Centre and Kijabe Street immediately come to mind.
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[…] with thousands of Canadian dollars. Previous winners of this prize include Chris Okemwa (2015), Elizabeth Kibui (2014), Argwings Otieno (2013) and Antony Mugo […]
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[…] Kenya some of the previous winners of the awards are Alice Muthoni (2016), Chris Okemwa (2015), Elizabeth Kibui (2014), Argwings Otieno (2013) and Antony Mugo […]
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