Work In Progress and other stories The Caine Prize for African Writing 2009
Author: Mamle Kabu, Parselelo Kantai, Alistair Morgan, EC Osondu, Mukoma wa Ngugi et al
Now in its tenth year, The Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa’s leading literary prize, and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere.
Now in its tenth year, The Caine Prize presents another unmissable opportunity to tune into what is happening in African fiction. It is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. This edition collects the five 2009 shortlisted stories, along with 12 stories written at the Caine Prize Writers’ Workshop, which took place in Ghana in Spring 2009.
Shortlisted authors for the 2009 prize are:
- Mamle Kabu (Ghana), The End of Skill
- Parselelo Kantai (Kenya), You Wreck Her
- Alistair Morgan (South Africa), Icebergs
- EC Osondu (Nigeria), Waiting
- Mukoma wa Ngugi (Kenya), How Kamau wa Mwangi Escaped into Exile
The four African winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Wole Soyinka, Nadine Gordimer, Naguib Mahfouz and John Coetzee are patrons of The Caine Prize.
Previous winners and entrants include Segun Afolabi, Leila Aboulela, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Brian Chikwava, Mary Watson, Binyavanga Wainaina and Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor.
| Format: | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Dimensions: | 206 x 148mm |
| Page extent: | 214 pages |
| ISBN-13: | 9781906523145 |
| Publication date: | July 2009 |
Date added: June 1, 2009
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