09 July 2013
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Tope Folarin wins Caine Prize
The £10,000 Caine Prize for African Writing was won by the Nigerian writer for his short story Miracle ...
The £10,000 Caine Prize for African Writing was won by the Nigerian writer for his short story Miracle
The Caine Prize, which celebrates African writing in English, is awarded annually to a writer from Africa working anywhere in the world. The prize's focus is on the short story.
The 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing was presented to Tope by chair of judges Gus Casely-Hayford at a ceremony at the Bodleian Library in Oxford last night.
'Tope Folarin's Miracle is another superb Caine Prize winner,' said Gus. 'A delightful and beautifully paced narrative, that is exquisitely observed and utterly compelling.'
Tope, who was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and has Masters degrees in African studies and comparative social policy, lives and works in Washington. You can read Miracle here.
The Caine Prize, which celebrates African writing in English, is awarded annually to a writer from Africa working anywhere in the world. The prize's focus is on the short story.
The 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing was presented to Tope by chair of judges Gus Casely-Hayford at a ceremony at the Bodleian Library in Oxford last night.
'Tope Folarin's Miracle is another superb Caine Prize winner,' said Gus. 'A delightful and beautifully paced narrative, that is exquisitely observed and utterly compelling.'
Tope, who was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and has Masters degrees in African studies and comparative social policy, lives and works in Washington. You can read Miracle here.
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