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Sifiso Mzobe

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Sifiso Mzobe
Born
Sifiso Mzobe

EducationSt Francis College
OccupationNovelist

Sifiso Mzobe is a South African author.

Biography

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Mzobe is South African[1][2][3] and 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.[5]

Awards and honours

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Bibliography

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  • Young Blood, Kwela Books, 2010
  • Durban December, Kwela Books, 2015
  • Searching for Simphiwe: And Other Stories, Kwela Books, 2020

References

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  1. ↑ "Sifiso Mzobe". Edinburgh International Book Festival. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Percy Zvomuya (2012). "Sifiso Mzobe". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Sifiso Mzobe". KZN Literary Tourism. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Sifiso Mzobe", Litnet, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Sifiso Mzobe (South Africa)", TOW 2011, Centre for Creative Arts.
  6. ↑ "Herman Charles Bosman Prize". African Book Awards Database. Indiana University. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "2011". Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  8. ↑ Chris (27 June 2011). "Sifiso Mzobe Honoured with 2011 Sunday Times Fiction Prize". Books Live. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  9. ↑ "Sifiso Mzobe and Ronnie Kasrils Win the 2011 Sunday Times Literary Awards", Books Live, 25 June 2011.
  10. ↑ Uhakheme, Ozolua (9 September 2012). "South African wins Soyinka Literary Prize". The Nation. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  11. ↑ Akeem Lasisi (11 September 2012). "Mzobe wins $20,000 Soyinka Prize amidst eulogies". The Punch. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  12. ↑ SOLOMON NDA-ISAIAH (19 September 2012). "Sifizo Mzobe Wins Wole Soyinka's Prize for Literature In Africa". Leadership. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  13. ↑ Henry Akubuiro (15 September 2012). "Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature: Another South African writer shines". The Sun. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 27 September 2012.