Wanner, Ayca, McEwan emerge 2020 Goethe medalists
South Africa’s Zukiswa Wanner, Bolivia’s Elvira Espejo Ayca and Britain’s Ian McEwan will be awarded the 2020 Goethe Medals, Germany’s official honour for outstanding contribution to international cultural exchange.She is being awarded because of “her conception of herself as an African writer leads her to range far beyond national frontiers in her writing, whilst at the same time bringing the diversity of African culture into her artistic work”, says the jury.
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