Lidudumalingani Mqombothi South African writer
Lidudumalingani Mqombothi is a South African writer, film-maker and photographer.[ 1] Caine Prize for African Writing .
Biography
Lidudumalingani Mqombothi was born in the village of Zikhovane in the Eastern Cape , South Africa. He was the 2016 winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing with his short story "Memories We Lost".[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Georgetown University in Washington, DC , for a series of events, including seminars and readings.[ 5] Miles Morland Scholarship , enabling him to work on his first novel, Let Your Children Name Themselves .[ 6]
Lidudumalingani was chosen as curator for the 2022 African Book Festival Berlin (26–18 August), with the theme of his programme being titled "Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow."[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Awards and honours
Selected writings
"Goodbye John Shoes Moshoeu", Africa Is A Country , 22 April 2015.[ 14] "The Art of Suspense", The Chimurenga Chronic , 7 April 2016.[ 15] "The Seduction of Johannesburg", caineprize.com, 14 November 2016.[ 16]
"The Portfolio", Mail & Guardian , 29 November 2019.[ 17] "Notes on migration, the city and home", Johannesburg Review of Books , 5 December 2019.[ 18]
"Writers do not write alone. They are always in the company of other writers", Johannesburg Review of Books , 3 July 2020.[ 19]
"A city caught between two moments", Johannesburg Review of Books , 27 August 2020.[ 20]
References
^ Wazar, Mishka (20 March 2017). "Author Lidudumalingani Mqombothi on accessibility, writing and film" . Mail & Guardian ^ Klein, Alyssa (4 July 2016). "South African Writer Lidudumalingani Wins 2016 Caine Prize for African Writing" . OkayAfrica . Retrieved 25 July 2023 . ^ Sunday, Frankline (10 July 2016). " . The Guardian ^ "Conversations With African Poets & Writers (33) | Author Lidudumalingani Mqombothi" . Library of Congress . 22 June 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2021 .^ Lidudumalingani (5 June 2017). " . The Johannesburg Review of Books . Retrieved 20 August 2022 . ^ Rankin, Camilla (14 December 2016). "South African writer scoops coveted 2017 Morland African Writing Scholarship" . The South African . Retrieved 31 March 2022 . ^ "African Book Festival 2022 | The Curator" . Retrieved 8 August 2022 .^ "New curator of African Book Festival Berlin named" . The African Courier . 13 December 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2022 .^ Murua, James (13 December 2021). "Lidudumalingani to curate Berlin's African Book FestivaL 2022" . Writing Africa . Retrieved 11 May 2024 .^ "African Book Festival Berlin: Interview with South African curator Lidudumalingani_engl/ger" . Culture Africa . 24 June 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022 .^ Irvine, Lindesay (5 July 2016). "£10,000 Caine prize for African writing goes to Lidudumalingani" . The Guardian . Retrieved 5 July 2016 . ^ "Lidudumalingani wins seventeenth Caine Prize for African Writing" . The Caine Prize. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016 .^ "SA writer Mqombothi wins £10 000 Caine Prize" . Independent Online . Retrieved 6 July 2016 .^ Mqombothi, Liduduma'lingani (22 April 2015). "Goodbye John Shoes Moshoeu" . Africa Is A Country . Retrieved 25 July 2023 . ^ Mqombothi, Lidudumalingani (7 April 2016). "The Art of Suspense" . Chimurenga Chronic . Retrieved 25 July 2023 . ^ Mqombothi, Lidudumalingani (14 November 2016). "The Seduction of Johannesburg" . caineprize.com . Retrieved 25 July 2023 . ^ "The Portfolio: Lidudumalingani" . Mail & Guardian . 29 November 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2023 .^ Lidudumalingani (5 December 2019). "Notes on migration, the city and home" . Johannesburg Review of Books . Retrieved 25 July 2023 . ^ Lidudumalingani (3 July 2020). "Writers do not write alone. They are always in the company of other writers" . Johannesburg Review of Books . Retrieved 25 July 2023 . ^ Lidudumalingani (27 August 2020). "A city caught between two moments" . Johannesburg Review of Books . Retrieved 25 July 2023 .
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