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Kgebetli Moele

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Kgebetli Moele
BornKgebetli Moele
South Africa
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
NationalitySouth African
Alma materTshebela High School, UNISA[1]
Notable awardsSouth African Literary Award, Herman Charles Bosman prize,

Kgebetli Moele is a South African writer born in Polokwane, South Africa, best known for his novels Room 206, UNTITLED and The Book of the Dead.[3][4]

Moele's first book, Room 207, was published in 2006 and went onto win first prize for both the University of Johannesburg prize[5] and the Herman Charles Bosman Prize.[6] In 2010 he won the South African Literary Award for his second book The Book of the Dead.

Bibliography

Moele's published work consists of general fiction novels.

  • Room 207 (2006)ISBN 0-79-570234-5
  • The Book of the Dead (2009) ISBN 0-79-570288-4
  • Untitled (2013) ISBN 0-79-570494-1

References

  1. ^ "Kgebetli Moele Biographical info". Kwela Books. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  2. ^ Lauren Mc Comb (July 2011). "Books That Made a Difference to ... Kgebetli Moele". Oprah Magazine. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Untitled: an extract from Kgebetli Moele's latest novel". Ground Up. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  4. ^ Jane Rosenthal (24 Jan 2014). "Untitled: Prey to ?his decay". Mail and Guardian. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Room 207: General Fiction". Kwela. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Book awards: Herman Charles Bosman Prize". Library Thing. Retrieved 17 September 2014.

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