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South African writer
Sifiso Mzobe
Born Sifiso Mzobe
Durban ,
South Africa Occupation Novelist Nationality South African Education St Francis College
Sifiso Mzobe is a South African author.
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Biography
Mzobe was born and raised in the
Durban
township of
Umlazi . He attended St Francis College in
Mariannhill , then studied Journalism at Damelin Business Campus in Durban.
[4] He has worked for community newspapers and as a freelance journalist.
His debut novel Young Blood (2010) won a number of awards, including the 2012
Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa , and was also listed in the
Sunday Independent ′s Top Ten Books of 2010.
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Awards and honours
Bibliography
Young Blood , Kwela Books, 2010
Durban december , Kwela Books, 2015
Searching for Simphiwe: And Other Stories , Kwela Books, 2020
References
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"Sifiso Mzobe" . Edinburgh International Book Festival. Retrieved 2 December 2014 .
^ Percy Zvomuya (2012).
"Sifiso Mzobe" . Mail & Guardian . Retrieved 2 December 2014 .
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"Sifiso Mzobe" . KZN Literary Tourism . Retrieved 2 December 2014 .
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"Sifiso Mzobe" , Litnet , 2010.
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"Sifiso Mzobe (South Africa)" , TOW 2011, Centre for Creative Arts.
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"Herman Charles Bosman Prize" . African Book Awards Database . Indiana University. Retrieved 2 December 2014 .
^ Chris (27 June 2011).
"Sifiso Mzobe Honoured with 2011 Sunday Times Fiction Prize" . Books Live . Retrieved 21 June 2012 .
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"Sifiso Mzobe and Ronnie Kasrils Win the 2011 Sunday Times Literary Awards" , Books Live , 25 June 2011.
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"The 2011 South African Literary Award (SALA) Winners" , Books Live , 15 November 2011.
^ Uhakheme, Ozolua (9 September 2012).
"South African wins Soyinka Literary Prize" . The Nation . Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 9 September 2012 .
^ Akeem Lasisi (11 September 2012).
"Mzobe wins $20,000 Soyinka Prize amidst eulogies" . Punch . Retrieved 27 September 2012 .
^ SOLOMON NDA-ISAIAH (19 September 2012).
"Sifizo Mzobe Wins Wole Soyinka's Prize for Literature In Africa" . Leadership . Retrieved 27 September 2012 .
^ Henry Akubuiro (15 September 2012).
"Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature: Another South African writer shines" . Sun News . Retrieved 27 September 2012 .