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South African writer
Lidudumalingani Mqombothi is a South African writer, film-maker and photographer.
[1] His short story "Memories We Lost" won the 2016
Caine Prize for African Writing .
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".
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[4] As part of winning the prize, he visited
Georgetown University in
Washington, DC , for a series of events, including seminars and readings.
[5] Also in 2016, Lidudumalingani was selected to receive a
Miles Morland Scholarship , enabling him to work on his first novel, Let Your Children Name Themselves .
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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."
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"Goodbye John Shoes Moshoeu", Africa Is A Country , 22 April 2015.
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"The Art of Suspense", The Chimurenga Chronic , 7 April 2016.
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"The Seduction of Johannesburg", caineprize.com, 14 November 2016.
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"The Portfolio", Mail & Guardian , 29 November 2019.
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"Notes on migration, the city and home", Johannesburg Review of Books , 5 December 2019.
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"Writers do not write alone. They are always in the company of other writers", Johannesburg Review of Books , 3 July 2020.
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"A city caught between two moments", Johannesburg Review of Books , 27 August 2020.
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^ 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).
" 'There's no money in it': prize-winning African author says writers must diversify to survive" .
The Guardian .
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"Conversations With African Poets & Writers (33) | Author Lidudumalingani Mqombothi" .
Library of Congress . 22 June 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2021 .
^ Lidudumalingani (5 June 2017).
" 'Writing is sometimes like a thread that weaves all our hearts into one': Lidudumalingani reflects on his Caine Prize visit to the United States" .
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 .
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"African Book Festival 2022 | The Curator" . Retrieved 8 August 2022 .
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"New curator of African Book Festival Berlin named" . The African Courier . 13 December 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2022 .
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Murua, James (13 December 2021).
"Lidudumalingani to curate Berlin's African Book FestivaL 2022" . Writing Africa . Retrieved 11 May 2024 .
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"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 .
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"Lidudumalingani wins seventeenth Caine Prize for African Writing" . The Caine Prize. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016 .
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"SA writer Mqombothi wins £10 000 Caine Prize" .
Independent Online . 6 July 2016. 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 .
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"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 .