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Imran Garda

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Imuran Garda

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1982-08-07 (Kagiso, Transvaal Province, South Africa)
Nationality
South Africa
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
South Africa → Doha, Qatar → Washington, D.C., United States → San Francisco, United States → New York City, United States → Turkey

Career

Occupations
Journalist, Television presenter, Novelist
Active Years
2002-2024
Affiliations
SuperSport, Al Jazeera English, AJ+, Al Jazeera America, TRT World
Nominations
Long-listed for the Etisalat Prize for Literature

Awards

Olive Schreiner Prize
2015
Work: The Thunder That Roars
Category: prose
Organization: English Academy of South Africa
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Thunder That Roars

2014 Novel

A tale of a journalist who embarks on a journey to find a missing family friend and uncovers long-held family secrets and undergoes an inward journey of his own. Described by adjudicators as 'South African literature [that] soars above the tortuous apartheid history and redefines globalisation.'

apartheid historyglobalisationself-discoveryfamily secrets
Adaptations
  • [Feature film]

Bibliography

  • The Thunder That Roars

Legacy

South African journalist, presenter, and novelist known for work with Al Jazeera and TRT World, winner of the 2015 Olive Schreiner Prize for his novel The Thunder That Roars.