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Tag: Dinaw Mengestu

Awards

Caine Prize for African Writing 2018 judges announced

James Murua December 14, 2017 1 Comment Ahmed RajabAlain MabanckouCaine PrizeCaine Prize 2018Caine Prize for African WritingCaine Prize for African Writing 2018Dinaw MengestuHenrietta Rose-InnesLola Shoneyin

The Caine Prize for African Writing has announced the five judges for the 2018 edition of the prize. The Caine Prize for African Writing is…

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Ethiopia Fiction Kenya Nigeria

Top Names in Washington Post’s top 50 fiction books for 2014

James Murua December 8, 2014 No Comments All Our NamesBIRDBOYDinaw MengestuDustHelen OyeyemiKnopfRiverheadSnowYvonne Adhiambo Owuor

I really should have flagged this Top Fiction Books by the Washington Post in November but I somehow missed out on it. I really just…

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Ethiopia Fiction

Dinaw Mengestu makes New York Times 100 notable books

James Murua December 3, 2014 1 Comment All Our NamesDinaw Mengestu

The New York Times has unveiled their 100 notable books of 2014 and there is novel by a name readers of this blog are familiar…

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Dinaw Mengestu in the running for Kirkus Prize 2014

James Murua October 2, 2014 No Comments Dinaw MengestuKirkus PrizeKirkus Prize 2014

Ethiopian born writer Dinaw Mengestu is in the running for this years Kirkus Prize as his book All Our Names was among the finalists for…

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