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Karen Jayes has the 2009 PEN/Studzinsky Literary Award for “Where he will leave his shoes”
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Jayes thanks Coetzee and the readers for hearing the voice of Adam - the houseservant about whom the story is written.
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Andrew Salomon takes second place for “A visit to Dr Mamba”
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Third place is shared between Nadia Davids - “The visit” - and Ceridwen Dovey - “Survival mechanisms”, both of whom are in the US.
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Coetzee gave four honourable mentions: NoViolet Mkha Bulawayo, Naomi Nkealah, Isabella Morris and Irene McCartney.
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Jayes wins 5 000 pounds, Salomon 3 000 pounds and Dovey and Davids split 2 000 pounds
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Johnson and King James - the brand-new publsihing house - has just unveiled the book containing the 34 shortlisted stories
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It's called "New Writing from Africa 2009"
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Shaun Johnson describes Pen/Studzinski as "a wide-angled literary snapshot of our continent right now."
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People queue up to have their books signed by the overwhelmed winners.
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