CA Davids

Carolann “C.A.” Davids is a South African writer and editor who is best known for her novel The Blacks of Cape Town.[1]

C.A. Davids
BornCarolann Davids
Cape Town, South Africa
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish, Afrikaans
Alma materUniversity of Cape Town
Notable awards
Shortlisted for the University of Johannesburg Debut Prize 2013; long listed for the Sunday Times Fiction Prize 2013; long listed for the inaugural Kwani? Manuscript Project; Shortlisted for the EU Literary Award 2012.
  • University of Johannesburg Debut Prize
    Shortlisted in 2013
  • Sunday Times Fiction Prize
    Longlisted in 2013
  • Kwani? Manuscript Project Longlisted in 2013

  • EU Literary Award
    shortlisted in 2012

Davids work 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). 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.[2][3]

Career

CA Davids is a novelist, editor and writer. She previously worked in arts marketing as the marketing manager for the Baxter Theatre Centre at UCT, and communications manager for the Alexander Kasser Theatre at Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA. Before that she worked as an advertising and promotions manager for Levi Strauss SA.

Novels
  • The Blacks of Cape Town (2013)

Achievements

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

Personal life

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

Philosophy

CA Davids is as strong advocator of South African literature.

I would love to see a concerted, co-ordinated effort from civil society, writers, publishers, government and nongovernmental organisations to alter our reading habits (and trajectory) and the space given to literature in our country. It can and has been done elsewhere … but we would need to work together and plan 20 years into the future.[3]

Bibliography

Fiction
  • The Blacks of Cape Town (2013) ISBN 978-1-920590-38-3

Short stories
  • Short story in Twist (2006)
  • Short story in African Pens: New Writing from Southern Africa (2007)

References
  1. Smith, James (13 August 2014). "Lauren Beukes and C.A. Davids at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, 9 Aug, 2014". African Words. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  2. "Book Launch: The Blacks of Cape Town by CA Davids". Modjaji Books. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  3. "Author's Notes: CA Davids". Mail and Guardian. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
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