Kopano Matlwa

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Kopano Matlwa (born 1985) is a South African writer and doctor, known for her novel ''Spilt Milk'', which focuses on the South Africa's "Born Free" generation, and ''Coconut'', her debut novel, which addresses issues of race, class, and colonization in modern Johannesburg. ''Coconut'' was awarded the European Union Literary Award in 2006/2007 and also won the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa in 2010. ''Spilt Milk'' was on the longlist for the 2011 ''Sunday Times'' Fiction Prize.