PEN SA Member Kobus Moolman Wins 2015 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry

19 Jan 2016
PEN SA Member Kobus Moolman Wins 2015 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry

Congratulations to PEN SA member Kobus Moolman, who has been named the winner of the 2015 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry for his collection, A Book of Rooms. Gabeba Baderoon, award-winning poet, scholar and member of the PEN SA board, judged the prize.

“Moolman’s poems in this collection are electric, visceral, brilliantly experimental, and profoundly moving.” – Gabeba Baderoon

Read more at African Poetry Book Fund

Congratulations to PEN SA member Christine Coates, who received an honorable mention for her collection, Homegrown.

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See the list of finalists here

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