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| South African wins top book prize | South African wins top book prize |
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| South African novelist Henrietta Rose-Innes has been named the winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing. | |
| She won the award for her story Poison which was published in the anthology Africa Pens, and takes a £10,000 prize. | She won the award for her story Poison which was published in the anthology Africa Pens, and takes a £10,000 prize. |
| The other four writers on the shortlist were from Ghana, Malawi, and Nigeria and South Africa. | The other four writers on the shortlist were from Ghana, Malawi, and Nigeria and South Africa. |
| 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, 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 | Two novels |
| Henrietta Rose-Innes is relatively experienced compared with recent winners. | 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. | 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. | 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. | Winning the prize guarantees more interest from publishers and reviewers as well as including a month's scholarship at Georgetown University in Washington DC. |