South African Authors Nominated for International Award

Three South African writers have been nominated in what has been called the "world's richest literary prize", the International Dublin Literary Award.

Zakes Mda's Rachel's Blue, Mandla Langa's The Texture of Shadows and Imraan Coovadia's Tales of the Metric System are in the running for the €100 000 (about R1.5-million) prize money.

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