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{{Short description|South African-Canadian novelist and playwright}}
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'''Kagiso Lesego Molope''' is a South African Canadian writer. She was the first Black author to win the [[Percy FitzPatrick Award]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2015-05-07-at-odds-with-percy-fitzpatrick/|title=Kagiso Lesego Molope is at odds with Percy Fitzpatrick|date=May 7, 2015|newspaper=Mail and Guardian}}</ref> She won the [[Ottawa Book Award]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newsroom.carleton.ca/story/kagiso-lesego-molope-novelist/|title=The Many Perspectives of Kagiso Lesego Molopes|website=Carleton Newsroom}}</ref>
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[[File:Award Winning Author Kagiso Lesego Molope.png|thumb| Award-Winning Author Kagiso Lesego Molope]]
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'''Kagiso Lesego Molope''' is a South African Canadian novelist and playwright. Born and raised in South Africa, Kagiso Lesego Molope graduated from the University of Cape Town and moved to Canada at age 21. She was the first Black author to win the [[Percy FitzPatrick Award]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2015-05-07-at-odds-with-percy-fitzpatrick/|title=Kagiso Lesego Molope is at odds with Percy Fitzpatrick|date=May 7, 2015|newspaper=Mail and Guardian}}</ref> She was also the first Black novelist to win the [[Ottawa Book Award]] in 2019. Her first Novel, ''Dancing in the Dust'', was the first novel by an indigenous South African author to be on the IBBY List. McClelland & Stewart has acquired world rights to her fifth novel ''We Inherit the Fire.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newsroom.carleton.ca/story/kagiso-lesego-molope-novelist/|title=The Many Perspectives of Kagiso Lesego Molopes|website=Carleton Newsroom}}</ref>
<ref>[https://artsfile.ca/from-south-africa-to-canada-the-writers-journey-of-ottawas-kagiso-lesego-molope From South Africa to Canada: The writer’s journey of Ottawa’s Kagiso Lesego Molope]/</ref>
<ref>[https://artsfile.ca/from-south-africa-to-canada-the-writers-journey-of-ottawas-kagiso-lesego-molope From South Africa to Canada: The writer’s journey of Ottawa’s Kagiso Lesego Molope]/</ref>

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<ref>[https://sankofajournal.com/article/74645 “These Children Were the Product of a Changing Country”: The Feminist Bildungsroman and the Issue of Community in the Novels of Kagiso Lesego Molope]
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[https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/991088/ “The Myth of the Lying Woman”: An Analysis of Testimony in Contemporary South African Fiction]</ref>
== Works ==
== Works ==
* ''Dancing in the Dusk'', Mawenzi House, 2002
* ''Dancing in the Dust'', Mawenzi House, 2002
* ''The Mending Season'', Oxford University Press, 2005
* ''The Mending Season'', Oxford University Press, 2005
* ''This Book Betrays My Brother'', Mawenzi House, 2018
* ''This Book Betrays My Brother'', Mawenzi House, 2018
* ''Such a Lonely Lovely Road'', Mawenzi House, 2018
* ''Such a Lonely Lovely Road'', Mawenzi House, 2018
* ''Maya Angelou: Black Woman Rising'', Play. Nordic Black Theatre, 2019-2023

== Prize and Awards ==
* 2014 Winner, [[Percy FitzPatrick Award]] (for ''This Book Betrays My Brother'')
* 2019 Winner, [[Ottawa Book Award]] (for ''This Book Betrays My Brother'')
* 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Nominee, [[Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award]]


<ref>[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10131752.2013.783390 The House of Mothers: Constructing alternative forms of mothering in Kagiso Lesego Molope's The Mending Season]</ref>
<ref>[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10131752.2013.783390 The House of Mothers: Constructing alternative forms of mothering in Kagiso Lesego Molope's The Mending Season]</ref>
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[https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/991088/“The Myth of the Lying Woman”: An Analysis of Testimony in Contemporary South African Fiction]</ref>
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[https://www.cbc.ca/books/kagiso-lesego-molope-1.4820499 Kagiso Lesego Molope (CBC Books)]</ref>
<ref>[https://www.kingstonwritersfest.ca/festival-author/kagiso-lesego-molope Kingston Writers Fest 2018 Kagiso Lesego Molope]</ref>
<ref>[https://alma.se/en/nomination/candidates/nominations-through-the-years Kagiso Lesego Molope ALMA Award Nominee]</ref><ref>[https://quillandquire.com/review/this-book-betrays-my-brother ''This Book Betrays My Brother Quill and Quire'' Review]</ref>
<ref>[https://quillandquire.com/review/such-a-lonely-lovely-road ''Such a Lonely, Lovely Road Quill and Quire'' Review]</ref>
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<ref>[https://afrika4teens.de/en/media-library/novels-and-biographies/coming-of-age/the-mending-season ''Afrika 4 Teens Mending Season'' Review]</ref><ref>[https://sankofajournal.com/article/74645 “These Children Were the Product of a Changing Country”: The Feminist Bildungsroman and the Issue of Community in the Novels of Kagiso Lesego Molope]</ref>
<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/how-kagiso-lesego-molope-s-thesis-on-the-lgbtq-community-in-south-africa-inspired-her-latest-novel-1.4820107"How Kagiso Lesego Molope's thesis on the LGBTQ community in South Africa inspired her latest novel," CBC]</ref>
<ref>[https://quillandquire.com/omni/rights-deals-tea-mutonji-kagiso-lesego-molope-five-more/ "Rights Deals: Téa Mutonji, Kagiso Lesego Molope + five more"]</ref>

==References==
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Latest revision as of 20:04, 15 March 2024

Award-Winning Author Kagiso Lesego Molope

Kagiso Lesego Molope is a South African Canadian novelist and playwright. Born and raised in South Africa, Kagiso Lesego Molope graduated from the University of Cape Town and moved to Canada at age 21. She was the first Black author to win the Percy FitzPatrick Award.[1] She was also the first Black novelist to win the Ottawa Book Award in 2019. Her first Novel, Dancing in the Dust, was the first novel by an indigenous South African author to be on the IBBY List. McClelland & Stewart has acquired world rights to her fifth novel We Inherit the Fire.[2] [3]

Works

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  • Dancing in the Dust, Mawenzi House, 2002
  • The Mending Season, Oxford University Press, 2005
  • This Book Betrays My Brother, Mawenzi House, 2018
  • Such a Lonely Lovely Road, Mawenzi House, 2018
  • Maya Angelou: Black Woman Rising, Play. Nordic Black Theatre, 2019-2023

Prize and Awards

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[4] [5] [6] [7] [8][9] [10] [11][12] [13] [14]

References

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  1. ^ "Kagiso Lesego Molope is at odds with Percy Fitzpatrick". Mail and Guardian. May 7, 2015.
  2. ^ "The Many Perspectives of Kagiso Lesego Molopes". Carleton Newsroom.
  3. ^ From South Africa to Canada: The writer’s journey of Ottawa’s Kagiso Lesego Molope/
  4. ^ The House of Mothers: Constructing alternative forms of mothering in Kagiso Lesego Molope's The Mending Season
  5. ^ Myth of the Lying Woman”: An Analysis of Testimony in Contemporary South African Fiction
  6. ^ Kagiso Lesego Molope (CBC Books)
  7. ^ Kingston Writers Fest 2018 Kagiso Lesego Molope
  8. ^ Kagiso Lesego Molope ALMA Award Nominee
  9. ^ This Book Betrays My Brother Quill and Quire Review
  10. ^ Such a Lonely, Lovely Road Quill and Quire Review
  11. ^ Afrika 4 Teens Mending Season Review
  12. ^ “These Children Were the Product of a Changing Country”: The Feminist Bildungsroman and the Issue of Community in the Novels of Kagiso Lesego Molope
  13. ^ "How Kagiso Lesego Molope's thesis on the LGBTQ community in South Africa inspired her latest novel," CBC
  14. ^ "Rights Deals: Téa Mutonji, Kagiso Lesego Molope + five more"


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