SA author gets the Booker nod
25 March 2015 - 02:22
Author and poet Marlene van Niekerk's "uncompromising look" at poor Afrikaans communities has netted her a place in the finals of the Man Booker International Prize. The 10 finalists for the prestigious literary award were announced at the University of Cape Town yesterday.The award is a complement to the Man Booker Prize, recognising an author's body of work rather than a single book of fiction.
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