Koleka Putuma is the winner of the PEN SA Student Writing Prize for her piece “Water“. Putuma graduated with a BA in Theatre & Performance at the University of Cape Town. She has headlined at TEDx, SliPnet’s Inzync Poetry Sessions,...
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“Water” by Koleka Putuma won the PEN SA Student Writing Prize. Read Putuma’s Q&A here. The memory of going to the beach every New Year’s eve Is one I share with cousins and most people raised black How the elders...
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We are pleased to announce the shortlist for the PEN South Africa Student Writing Prize. We invited writers under the age of 30 to send in their fiction, creative non-fiction or poetry on the topic of the recent #FeesMustFall movement...
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Below you’ll find a list of events featuring PEN South Africa members, as well as a selection of other noteworthy literary events happening around South Africa. If there is an event you’d like us to feature let us know. Launch...
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Genna Gardini’s poem “Performance Scale” was nominated by PEN South Africa for the 2015 PEN International New Voices Award, along with Liam Kruger’s story “Sarah“. PEN Afrikaans nominated Carien Smith and her story “Likkewaan“. Read our Q&A with Genna below...
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