NoViolet Bulawayo was born and raised in Zimbabwe. NoViolet Bulawayo is a writer who takes delight in language." This is a story with moral power and weight, it has the artistry to refrain from moral commentary. But these are children, poor and violated and hungry. Here we encounter Darling, Bastard, Chipo, Godknows, Stina and Sbho, a gang reminiscent of Clockwork Orange. Hisham Matar said: "The language of 'Hitting Budapest' crackles.
The Chair of Judges, award-winning author Hisham Matar, announced NoViolet Bulawayo as the winner of the £10,000 prize at a dinner held this evening (Monday 11 July) at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Zimbabwe's NoViolet Bulawayo has won the 2011 Caine Prize for African Writing, described as Africa's leading literary award, for her short story entitled 'Hitting Budapest', from The Boston Review, Vol 35, no.
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