South African writer, filmmaker and photographer Lidudumalingani Mqombothi on 5 July 2016 Won the 17th edition of prestigious Caine Prize 2016 for his short story Memories We Lost. 


With this, Lidudumalingani was awarded with 10000 Euros and a month at Georgetown University in the US as a writer-in-residence.

The winning story explores a difficult subject of tackling schizophrenia. This is a troubling piece, depicting the great love between two young siblings in a beautifully drawn Eastern Cape.

• The Caine Prize is an annual literature prize awarded to an African writer of a short story published in the English language.

• It was established in 2010 in the United Kingdom and was named in memory of Sir Michael Harris Caine, former Chairman of Booker Group plc.

• The award carrying 10000 Euros prize seeks to encourage and highlight the richness and diversity of African writing by bringing it to a wider audience internationally.

• It is famously referred as the African Booker.