Betty Trask Prize and Awards
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Edition 35 (2018) Winner
Masande Ntshanga
マサンデ・ントシャンガ
Masande Ntshanga
Aliases:
Masande Ngcali Ntshanga
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1986-04-25 （East London, Eastern Cape）
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- East London, Eastern Cape → Mdantsane → Bhisho → King William's Town → Estcourt → Pietermaritzburg → Cape Town → Johannesburg
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, short story writer, editor, poet, publisher, lecturer
- Active Years
- 2013-2024
- Affiliations
- Model See Media, New Contrast, Wits University Creative Writing Department, Rhodes University MA in Creative Writing Program
- Influenced By
- Imraan Coovadia, Stanisław Lem
- Nominations
- Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel by an African 2020
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Cape Town | — | Film and Media | BA | — | South Africa |
| University of Cape Town | — | English Studies | Honours | — | South Africa |
| University of Cape Town | — | Creative Writing | MA | — | South Africa |
University of Cape Town
Film and Media
Degree:
BA
Country:
South Africa
Under Mellon Mays Foundation
University of Cape Town
English Studies
Degree:
Honours
Country:
South Africa
University of Cape Town
Creative Writing
Degree:
MA
Country:
South Africa
Supervised by Imraan Coovadia, NRF Freestanding Masters Scholarship
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | PEN International New Voices Award | Space | 短編小説 | PEN International | winner |
| 2018 | Betty Trask Award | The Reactive | — | Society of Authors | winner |
PEN International New Voices Award
2013
Work:
Space
Category:
短編小説
Organization:
PEN International
Result:
winner
Betty Trask Award
2018
Work:
The Reactive
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Reactive
2014 Literary fictionFollows three friends in Cape Town who get high and sell antiretroviral drugs on the black market.
addictionfriendshipHIV/AIDSlegacy of apartheid
Translations
- Italian
- German
Triangulum
2019 Science fictionMulti-layered novel mixing science fiction, philosophy, and South African history, referencing Ciskei bantustan.
colonialismtechnologyhomelandsidentity
Native Life in the Third Millennium
2020 Poetry and proseHybrid of poetry and prose reflecting on existence in millennial Africa by a philosopher, poet, and programmer.
addictionmental illnessassimilationtechnologyfriendshipalienationcolonialism
Bibliography
- The Reactive (2014)
- Triangulum (2019)
- Native Life in the Third Millennium (2020)
- Technologies of Conquest (essay, 2024)
- Notes on USamson II (short story, 2023)
- Quiet Earth Philosophy (short story, 2020)
- Teachers (short story, 2020)
- The Sleeping Illness (short story, 2019)
- Remedies (short story, 2017)
- Space II (short story, 2016)
- Calls (short story, 2016)
- The Reactive (short story, 2016)
- LT (short story, 2015)
- Space (short story, 2013)
Translations of Works
- The Reactive Italian edition Il reattivo
- The Reactive German edition
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimentallyricalphilosophicalmulti-layered
- Recurring Motifs
- machine logichomelandsbantustanstechnologytechnologies of conquest
Legacy
Recognized as an innovative South African writer blending literary fiction, experimental literature, and science fiction, recipient of Betty Trask Award and PEN International New Voices Award. Also active as a creative writing lecturer.
Quotes
-
I think all writing is autobiographical. That it emerges from the same biographical detail: how the author perceives and arranges their world.
Source: arts24 interview (2020)
Trivia
- First black editor of New Contrast magazine since its establishment in 1960
- Stated in interview: 'I was born into a malfunctioning machine'
- Xhosa person