C. A. Davids Explained

C. A. Davids
Birth Name:Carolann Davids
Birth Place:Cape Town, South Africa
Occupation:Novelist
Language:English, Afrikaans
Alma Mater:University of Cape Town
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    CarolAnn "C. A." Davids (born 1971) is a South African writer and editor who is best known for her novels The Blacks of Cape Town,[1] (2013), How To Be A Revolutionary,[2] (2022) and her short stories.

    Career and philosophy

    Born in 1971 in Cape Town, South Africa,[3] Davids is a novelist, editor and writer. She previously worked in arts marketing as the marketing manager for the Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town (UCT), and communications manager for the Alexander Kasser Theatre at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey, USA. Before that, she worked as an advertising and promotions manager for Levi Strauss SA.

    Davids has contributed to publications such as Lapham's Quarterly, the Johannesburg Review of Books,[4] the South African Sunday Times[5] and Wasafiri,[6] and her writing has appeared in anthologies such as Twist, an anthology of short stories by South African women (published by Struik, October 2006) and in African Pens: New Writing from Southern Africa (published by New Africa Books, April 2007).[7] Davids has lived in Switzerland, the United States of America and Shanghai, China, and now resides on the edge of District Six in Cape Town, South Africa. She has an MA in creative writing from the University of Cape Town (UCT).[8] [9]

    Her debut novel The Blacks of Cape Town[10] received a positive critical reception in 2013.[11]

    Davids is as strong advocate of South African literature:

    Recognition

    Davids has been shortlisted for the University of Johannesburg Debut Prize 2013,[12] longlisted for the Sunday Times Fiction Prize 2013; longlisted for the inaugural Kwani? Manuscript Project,[13] and shortlisted for the EU Literary Award in 2012.

    How To Be A Revolutionary won the prestigious Sunday Times Literary Award for best fiction in 2022.[14]

    Personal life

    Davids lives with her husband and two children in Cape Town, South Africa.

    Bibliography

    Fiction

    Short stories

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Lauren Beukes and C.A. Davids at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, 9 Aug, 2014 . Africa in Words . 13 August 2014 . 19 September 2014 . Smith, James.
    2. Web site: How to Be a Revolutionary. CA . Davids. Granta. 15 November 2021. 20 January 2022.
    3. C.A. Davids. Lapham's Quarterly.
    4. Author: CA Davids. Johannesburg Review of Books. 20 January 2022.
    5. Web site: C.A. Davids. APL (Ayesha Pande Literary). 20 January 2022.
    6. The Bend in the Arc. C.A.. Davids. Wasafiri. 29 June 2021. 20 January 2022.
    7. African Pens; New Writing from Southern Africa, 2007 Pessimism in African Pens 2007. African Writing Online. 4. 1754-6672.
    8. Web site: Book Launch: The Blacks of Cape Town by CA Davids . Modjaji Books . 20 June 2013 . 19 September 2014.
    9. Web site: Author's Notes: CA Davids . . 23 August 2013 . 19 September 2014.
    10. Web site: C A Davids : The Blacks of Cape Town. 25 August 2014. Writerstories TV. 20 January 2022.
    11. Web site: Davids is turning back on black. Percy. Zvomuya. Mail & Guardian. 8 November 2013. 20 January 2022.
    12. Web site: Shortlists for the 2013/2014 University of Johannesburg Prizes for South African Writing in English. Carolyn. Books LIVE. 3 June 2014.
    13. Web site: Longlist. The Kwani? Manuscript Project. 20 January 2022.
    14. Web site: Here are the winners of the 2023 Sunday Times Literary Awards. Mila . De Villiers. Sunday Times (South Africa). 1 November 2023. 3 November 2023.
    15. Web site: How to Be a Revolutionary. CA . Davids. Granta. 15 November 2021. 20 January 2022.

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