Twenty PEN SA Members Longlisted for the 2017 Sunday Times Literary Awards

04 Apr 2017
Twenty PEN SA Members Longlisted for the 2017 Sunday Times Literary Awards

The longlists for the 2017 Sunday Times Literary Awards, consisting of the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize and the Alan Paton Award for non-fiction, have been announced. The winners of the two categories will each receive R100 000.

Congratulations to the twenty PEN SA members that have been longlisted!

2017 Sunday Times Barry Ronge Fiction Prize

The Barry Ronge Fiction Prize longlist was chosen by judges Rehana Rossouw (chair), Africa Melane and Kate Rogan. Rossouw remarked that “The longlist this year contains titles that weave the land and the people into compelling tales.”

See the list of PEN SA members who have been longlisted below and view the full Barry Ronge Fiction Prize longlist on Books LIVE.

2017 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award

The Alan Paton Award longlist was chosen by judges PEN SA member Pippa Green (chair), Tinyiko Maluleke and Johann Kriegler. Green said of the longlist that “The books raise critical questions about our past, present and future. Together they tell a story of our fractured and bound humanity, not only in South Africa but around the world and through time.”

See the list of PEN SA members who have been longlisted below and view the full Alan Paton Award longlist on Books LIVE.

(Image courtesy of Books LIVE)

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