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Africa book prize to be announced South African wins top book prize
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The winner of the ninth edition of one of Africa's top literary awards, the Caine Prize for African Writing, is due to be announced. South African novelist Henrietta Rose-Innes has been named the winter of the Caine Prize for African Writing.
Two writers from South Africa have been shortlisted for the prestigious prize, along with candidates from Ghana, Malawi, and Nigeria. She won the award for her story Poison which was published in the anthology Africa Pens, and takes a £10,000 prize.
The prize can be awarded to African writers who have published fiction on the continent or elsewhere. The other four writers on the shortlist were from Ghana, Malawi, and Nigeria and South Africa.
There were more than 70 entries for the £10,000 ($20,000)prize. The prize, given for a short story, can be awarded to African writers who have published fiction within Africa or elsewhere in the world.
The prize is named after Sir Michael Caine, a former chairman of Booker plc.The prize is named after Sir Michael Caine, a former chairman of Booker plc.
Last year's Caine Prize was won by Ugandan writer Monica Arac de Nyeko for the Jambula Tree, a story about lesbianism.Last year's Caine Prize was won by Ugandan writer Monica Arac de Nyeko for the Jambula Tree, a story about lesbianism.
Two novels
Henrietta Rose-Innes is relatively experienced compared with recent winners.
She has already had two novels published as well as editing an anthology of South African writing.
Her novels Shark's Egg and The Rocket Alphabet have been well received - she studied creative writing under the Nobel laureate JM Coetzee.
Winning the prize guarantees more interest from publishers and reviewers as well as including a month's scholarship at Georgetown University in Washington DC.