Nigeria?s Tope Folarin was today announced winner of the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing at a dinner held at the Bodleaian Library in Oxford, United Kingdom. Folarin, whose story was entitled Miracle, beat out 96 entrants from 16 countries to win the prize and receive ?10,000.
Speaking at the prize ceremony, the Chair of Judges, Gus Casely-Hayford said, ?Tope Folarin?s ?Miracle? is another superb Caine Prize winner ? a delightful and beautifully paced narrative, that is exquisitely observed and utterly compelling?.
?Miracle? is a story set in Texas in an evangelical Nigerian church where the congregation has gathered to witness the healing powers of a blind pastor-prophet. Religion and the gullibility of those caught in the deceit that sometimes comes with faith rise to the surface as a young boy volunteers to be healed and begins to believe in miracles.
Folarin is the recipient of writing fellowships from the Institute for Policy Studies and Callaloo, and he serves on the board of the Hurston/Wright Foundation. Tope was educated at Morehouse College, and the University of Oxford, where he earned two Master?s degrees as a Rhodes Scholar. He lives and works in Washington, DC.
In addition to the ?10,000 cash prize, Folarin will be given the opportunity to take up a month?s residence at Georgetown University, as a Writer-in-Residence at the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice and will be invited to take part in the Open Book Festival in Cape Town in September.
The Caine Prize, awarded annually for African creative writing, is named after the late Sir Michael Caine, former Chairman of Booker plc and Chairman of the Booker Prize management committee for nearly 25 years. The Prize is awarded for a short story by an African writer published in English (indicative length 3,000 to 10,000 words). An ?African writer? is normally taken to mean someone who was born in Africa, or who is a national of an African country, or whose parents are African.
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