http://popafrica.com/emerging-african-stars-to-know-songeziwe-mahlangu/

Songeziwe Mahlangu is a South African Writer, he came into limelight after clinching The 2014 Etisalat Prize for Literature

The 29-year-old, who was presented with a cash prize of £15,000, clinched the number one slot for his book Penumbra, ahead of his contemporaries, Nigerian Chinelo Okparanta, author of Happiness, Like Water and South African, Nadia Davids, author of An Imperfect Blessing.

Songeziwe Mahlangu will also embark on the Etisalat Fellowship at the University of East Anglia under the mentorship of multiple- award winning author, Professor Giles Foden, which affords him the opportunity to network with other writers and publishers and provides him the time and resources to work on his next book.

Short Bio

Songeziwe Mahlangu was born in Alice in 1985. He matriculated from Dale College, in King William’s Town, and went on to do a business science degree at the University of Cape Town.

He returned to university to do a Masters degree in Creative Writing at Rhodes, Grahamstown, in 2011. Penumbra is the end result of that degree and his first novel. Songeziwe currently lives in East London and works at a large accountancy firm.

Thanks OP for sharing this.

A successful story. Your heart is full of fertile seeds, waiting to sprout.

You all needs to read Penumbra,it's nice...