PEN South Africa is gravely concerned by the abduction and detention on December 6th 2017 of Patrice Nganang, a Cameroonian-American writer, poet, and professor. Nganang, a Professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative literature at Stony Brook University in New York...
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The winners of the 2018 Iceland Writers Retreat Award have been announced. The Iceland Writers Retreat (IWR) said it received over 700 submissions of an exceptionally high standard from around the world. Winners, who were chosen on the basis of...
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The longlist for the 2017 9mobile Prize for Literature (formerly the Etisalat Prize for Literature) has been announced. Congratulations to PEN SA members David Cornwell, Bronwyn Law-Viljoen and Marcus Low who have been longlisted. The 9mobile Prize for Literature is...
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Congratulations to PEN SA members Zukiswa Wanner and Niq Mhlongo who have been selected for The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS)’s 2018 Writing Fellowships, along with nine other writers. JIAS has selected its third intake of 11 Writing Fellows...
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