Literary aficionados, and South Africans generally, recently celebrated with novelist and playwright, Damon Galgut who has been awarded the 2021 Book Prize, for his book 'The Promise'. A wordsmith of great quality, earlier in 2003 and 2010 Galgut was shortlisted for the same award and after more than a decade in a good time he has been rewarded with the same prestigious award. Mr Galgut resides in Pretoria and all his life he has been writing - in spades. His award winning book 'The Promise' probes South Africa and the land issue. He is armed with a Drama degree from University of Cape Town. The following are some of his great works in no particular order: 1. A Sinless Season - 1982 2. Small Circles of Beings - 1988 3. The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs - 1991 4. The Quarry - 1995 5. Arctic Summer - 2014 6. The Good Doctor - 2003 7. In a Strange Room - 2010 8. The Promise - 2021