Kenyan wins 2003 Caine Prize for literature

Kenyan writer Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is this year's winner of the 2003 Caine Prize for African Writing. She was awarded for her short story Weight of Whispers, published in Kwani? magazine in 2003. Yvonne beat five other African writers drawn from Zimbabwe, Congo and two from South Africa who were all highly commended by the panel of judges, led by Abdulrazak Gurnah. The prize that is awarded annually for African creative writing is named after the late Sir Michael Caine, former chairman of Booker Plc and chairman of the Booker Prize management committee for nearly 25 years.