Jungfrau and other short stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2007

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The Caine Prize for African Writing is Africas leading literary prize and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. Each year the winning story and shortlisted entries are collected and published in one volume. This years winner is Mary Watson for Jungfrau.

The Caine Prize is a springboard for some of the best talent in African writing. Previous winners include Leila Aboulela, whose second novel was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2006, and Helon Habila and Segun Afolabi, whose novels are published by Penguin and Random House, respectively.

Author Bio

Mary Watson was born and lives in Cape Town, South Africa. She completed her Masters degree in Creative Writing under Andre P Brink in 2001 and studied Film and TV Production at Bristol University in 2003.She lectures in Film Studies at the University of Cape Town, where she received a Meritorious Publication Award for her collection of stories, Moss. She is currently working on her first novel, as well as on a collaborative novel with a group of otherSouth African writers.