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Alan Paton Award
The ''Sunday Times'' CNA Literary Awards are awarded annually to South African writers by the South African weekly newspaper the ''Sunday Times''. They comprise the ''Sunday Times'' CNA Literary Award for Non-fiction and the ''Sunday Times'' CNA Literary Award for Fiction, and are awarded for full-length non-fiction works and novels, respectively. Both winners receive R100 000. Ivan Vladislavic is the only person to have won both the fiction and the non-fiction award. History of the Awards Originally established in 1989, the Alan Paton Award was conferred annually for meritorious works of non-fiction. It aimed to reward books presenting "the illumination of truthfulness, especially those forms of it that are new, delicate, unfashionable and fly in the face of power," and demonstrating "compassion, elegance of writing, and intellectual and moral integrity." The award was named for Alan Paton, the famous South African author of ''Cry, The Beloved Country''. In 2001, a companio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CNA (bookstore)
Central News Agency or Consolidated News Agencies, better known simply as CNA, is a South African retail chain of stationery and book stores. History Founded in 1896 to sell newspapers in Johannesburg by using newspaper delivery boys on foot and bicycles, CNA initially focused on selling ''The Star (South Africa), The Star'', ''The Standard (South Africa), The Standard'' and the ''Diggers News'' newspapers. A breakthrough for the company came in 1902 when ''Cape Argus, The Argus'' and the ''Cape Times'' newspapers granted a contract to the company to publish all of their newspapers. By 1904 the company had stores across South Africa and continued to expand to meet demand for news during World War I. The company was floated on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 1903 to raise £120,000 (equivalent to £129,500,000 in 2017 based on its economic share). By 1928 the company was publishing most of South Africa's newspapers. Shortly after World War II the company expanded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In South Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). On 5 March 2020, Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize had confirmed the spread of the virus to South Africa, with the first known patient being a male citizen who tested positive upon his return from Italy. On 15 March 2020, the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, declared a national state of disaster, and announced measures such as immediate travel restrictions and the closure of schools from 18 March. On 17 March, the ''National Coronavirus Command Council'' was established, "to lead the nation's plan to contain the spread and mitigate the negative impact of the coronavirus". On 23 March, a national lockdown was announced, starting on 27 March 2020. The first local death from the disease was reported on 27 March 2020. On 21 April, a 500 billion rand stimulus was announced in response ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoë Wicomb
Zoë Wicomb (born 23 November 1948) is a South African-Scottish author and academic who has lived in the UK since the 1970s. In 2013, she was awarded the inaugural Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for her fiction. Early life Zoë Wicomb was born near Vanrhynsdorp, Western Cape, in South Africa. Growing up in small-town Namaqualand, she went to Cape Town for high school, and attended the University of the Western Cape (which was established in 1960 as a university for "Coloureds"). After graduating, she left South Africa in 1970 for England, where she continued her studies at Reading University. She lived in Nottingham and Glasgow and returned to South Africa in 1990, where she taught for three years in the department of English at the University of the Western Cape. In 1994 she moved to Glasgow, Scotland, where she was Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Strathclyde until her retirement in 2009. She was Professor Extraordinaire at Stellenbosch University fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine Proctor
Elaine Proctor (born 1960) is a South African film director, screenwriter, novelist, and actress. Her film ''Friends (1993 film), Friends'' was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d'Or Special Distinction. Proctor attended the National Film and Television School, where she studied under director Mike Leigh. Her graduation film, ''On the Wire'', won the school's Sutherland Trophy. Proctor has also written two novels. Her second novel, ''Savage Hour'', was shortlisted for the 2015 Barry Ronge Fiction Prize. Filmography * ''Game for Vultures'' (1979) *''Sharpeville Spirit'' (1986) * ''We Will See/Re tla bona'' (1987) * ''On the Wire (film), On the Wire'' (1990) * ''Friends (1993 film), Friends'' (1993) * ''Kin (2000 film), Kin'' (2000) Beverly Andrew"Himba on film" ''New African'', 1 March 2001 . Fiction * ''Rhumba (novel), Rhumba'' (2011) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masande Ntshanga
Masande Ngcali Ntshanga (born 25 April 1986) is a South African novelist, short story writer, poet, editor and publisher. He is the author of two novels, ''The Reactive'' (2014), which was published in five territories and won a Betty Trask Award in 2018, and ''Triangulum'' (2019), for which he was nominated for a Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel by an African. In 2020, Ntshanga released his third book, ''Native Life in the Third Millennium'' (2020), a collection of poetry and prose from his experimental press, Model See Media, which was also well received, with critics praising it for its themes and use of language. Ntshanga has delivered guest lectures at the Gordon Institute of Performing and Creative Arts in Cape Town, The Beeler Gallery in Columbus, The Columbus College of Arts and Design, The Centre for Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town, and The SAE Institute for Creative Media in Johannesburg. In 2020, he joined the Rhodes University MA in Creati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imraan Coovadia
Imraan Coovadia (born 1970) is a South African novelist, essayist, and academic. He is the director of the creative writing program at the University of Cape Town. He has taught 19th-Century Studies and Creative Writing at a number of US universities. His debut novel, ''The Wedding'', published simultaneously in the US and SA in 2001, has been translated into Hebrew and Italian. Background Imraan Coovadia was born in Durban, in 1970, South Africa to Jerry Coovadia and Zubie (Zubeida) Hamed. His father is a well-known AIDS activist, member of the UDF and doctor. His mother is a dermatologist. He is a regular contributor to various newspapers, journals and magazines such as '' N+1'', ''Agni'', ''The New York Times'', ''Boston Globe'', ''The Times of India'', and South Africa's ''The Mail and Guardian'' and '' Sunday Independent'' (South Africa). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrietta Rose-Innes
Henrietta Rose-Innes (born 14 September 1971) is a South African novelist and short-story writer. She was the 2008 winner of the Caine Prize for African WritingLindesay Irvine"Henrietta Rose-Innes wins £10,000 Caine prize" ''The Guardian'', 8 July 2008. for her speculative-fiction story "Poison"."Prize-winning fiction: Apocalypse now – Readers reward horrible histories" ''The Economist'', 10 July 2008. Her novel ''Nineveh'' was shortlisted for the 2012 Sunday Times Prize for Fiction and the M-Net Literary Awards. In September of that year her story "Sanctuary" was awarded second place in the BBC National Short Story Award, 2012 BBC (Inter)national Short Story Award. Rose-Innes has been a Fellow in Literature at the Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart (2007–08) and has he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yewande Omotoso
Yewande Omotoso (born 1980) is a South African-based novelist, architect and designer, who was born in Barbados and grew up in Nigeria. She is the daughter of Nigerian writer Kole Omotoso, and the sister of filmmaker Akin Omotoso. She currently lives in Johannesburg. Her two published novels have earned her considerable attention, including winning the South African Literary Award for First-Time Published Author, being shortlisted for the South African ''Sunday Times'' Fiction Prize, the M-Net Literary Awards 2012,"Yewande Omotoso" This is Africa. and the 2013 , and being longlisted for the 2017 |
Kopano Matlwa
Kopano Matlwa (born 1985) is a South African writer and doctor, known for her novel ''Spilt Milk'', which focuses on the South Africa's "Born Free" generation, and ''Coconut'', her debut novel, which addresses issues of race, class, and colonization in modern Johannesburg. ''Coconut'' was awarded the European Union Literary Award in 2006/2007 and also won the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa in 2010. ''Spilt Milk'' was on the longlist for the 2011 ''Sunday Times'' Fiction Prize. Early life Kopano Matlwa Mabaso (née Matlwa) was born in a township outside of Pretoria, South Africa. She began writing in 2004 when HIV was devastating South Africa, later saying, "Writing was debriefing for myself, trying to make sense of all the crazy things I would see." Education Mabaso got her medical degree from the University of Cape Town and then went on to complete her Masters in Global Health Science and Doctorate (PhD) in Population Health from Oxford University, where she wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronwyn Law-Viljoen
Bronwyn Law-Viljoen is a South African writer, editor, publisher and professor. She is the co-founder of the publisher Fourthwall Books and owns a bookstore called Edition. She acts as the primary editor for works on law and history of South Africa and the architecture and building process of its constitutional court structures, along with artistic book publications of the work of William Kentridge. She has also published her own novel called ''The Printmaker''. Education Law-Viljoen has an MA degree (1994) from Rhodes University in South Africa, a PhD in Literature (2003) from New York University and a PhD in Creative Writing (2017) from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. Career Author Law-Viljoen's first novel, ''The Printmaker'', was published in 2016 (Umuzi/Penguin Random House). It was shortlisted for the premier fiction prize in South Africa for the ''Sunday Times'' Barry Ronge Fiction Award, and won the 2018 English Academy of South Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zakes Mda
Zakes Mda ( ), legally Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda (born 1948) is a South African novelist, poet and playwright and he is the son of politician A. P. Mda. He has won major South African and British literary awards for his novels and plays. He is currently a Patron of the Etisalat Prize for Literature. Early life and education Zanemvula Mda was born in Herschel, South Africa, in 1948. and completed the Cambridge Overseas Certificate at Peka High School, Lesotho, in 1969. He pursued his BFA (Visual Arts and Literature) at the International Academy of Arts and Literature, Zurich, Switzerland, in 1976. He completed a MFA (Theater) and a MA (Mass Communication and Media) in 1984 at Ohio University, United States. He completed his PhD at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, in 1989. Career When he started publishing, he adopted the pen name of Zakes Mda. In addition to writing novels and plays, he taught English and creative writing in South Africa and the United Kingdom. Mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
