Tag: Achmat Dangor
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Myesha Jenkins, Achmat Dangor have passed away.
It was a devastating weekend for African letters as both Myesha Jenkins and Achmat Dangor passed away. It has been a horrible weekend. On Saturday evening, word filtered through that activist and poet Myesha Jenkins had passed away. Jenkins moved to South Africa from Los Angeles in 1993, after many years as an anti-apartheid activist.…
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Sunday Times Literary Awards 2016 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the Sunday Times Literary Awards 2016 were announced over the weekend. There are two awards available to the writers in the awards; the nonfiction category is called the Alan Patton Award while the fiction category is called the Barry Ronge Prize. Both prizes named after famous South African white men. The Alan…
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Winners at South African Literary Awards 2015 announced
The best writers in South Africa this year were feted at the South African literary awards 2015 on Saturday night. The event was a gala event at the Tshwane Events Centre on 7th November. Writers in different categories including first-time published writer, literary translation, poetry, creative nonfiction, and more. The full list of winners includes;
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South African Literary Awards 2015 nominees announced
Celebrating 10 years of growth and exhilarating success, the South African Literary Awards (SALA) will honour over 10 South African authors at a celebratory awards ceremony to be held at Tshwane Events Centre, Tshwane, Gauteng Province on November 7, 2015. The awards given are the Poetry Award, Literary Translators Award, Lifetime Achievement Literary Award, Posthumous…