The shortlists for the University of Johannesburg Prizes for South African Writing in English 2021 were announced on October 6, 2021. The University of Johannesburg Prize for South African Writing in English, also known as the UJ Prize, was instituted in 2006. It comprises of a main prize and a debut prize, given annually for […]
Omar El Akkad and Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia are on the shortlist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021 announced on October 5, 2021. The Giller Prize, founded by Jack Rabinovitch in 1994, highlights the very best in Canadian fiction annually. In 2005, the prize teamed up with Scotiabank who increased the winnings 4-fold. The Scotiabank Giller Prize […]
The finalists for the US National Book Awards 2021, featuring many leading writers and poets of African descent, were announced on October 5, 2021. The US National Book Awards are literary awards from the Northern American nations National Book Foundation established in 1936. They are conferred on the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, […]
Abdulrazak Gurnah have been declared the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 today, October 7, 2021. The Nobel Prize was founded by Swedish businessman, chemist, engineer, inventor, and philanthropist Alfred Nobel. Every year since 1901, the prize is handed out in the categories of peace, chemistry, medicine, and literature. The African and Black […]
