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John Eppel

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Jon Eppel

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1947-09-19 (Lydenburg)
国籍
Zimbabwean
言語
English
居住地歴
Lydenburg, South Africa → Colleen Bawn, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) → Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

経歴

職業
Novelist, Poet, Short story writer, Teacher
活動期間
1965年〜2024年
所属
Christian Brothers College, Bulawayo
ノミネート
MNet Prize nomination (Hatchings, 1993/4)

学歴

Milton High School, Bulawayo
国: Zimbabwe
University of Natal
Faculty of Arts / English
学位: 英語学修士
国: South Africa
Thesis: A Study of Keatsian Dialectics

受賞歴

Ingrid Jonker Prize
1990
対象作品: Spoils of War
部門: 詩集
結果: 受賞
MNet Prize
1993
対象作品: D G G Berry's The Great North Road
部門: 小説
主催: MNet
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Spoils of War

1989年 Poetry

Poetry volume detailing his experiences as a soldier in the Rhodesian Bush War.

WarRhodesian Bush War

D G G Berry's The Great North Road

1992年 Literary fiction

Notable novel that won the MNet Prize.

SatireHumor

The Giraffe Man

Novel

Translated into French.

翻訳
  • French translation

全著作

  • Making Whoopie
  • Not the Whispering Wild
  • The Boy who loved Camping
  • Poems of Resistance
  • Traffickings
  • O Suburbia
  • White Man Walking
  • Landlocked
  • Textures
  • Hewn From Rock
  • Together
  • Absent: The English Teacher
  • White Man Crawling
  • Hatchings
  • Songs My Country Taught Me
  • The Caruso of Collen Bawn and other short writings
  • The Holy Innocents
  • The Curse of the Ripe Tomato
  • Selected poems 1965-1995
  • Sonata for Matabeleland
  • The Giraffe Man
  • D G G Berry's The Great North Road
  • Spoils of War
  • Four Voices

作品の翻訳

  • The Giraffe Man (French)

作風・主題

文体
SatiricalHumorousLiterary fictionPost-colonialism

評価・遺産

Zimbabwean writer, poet, and teacher known for works based on Rhodesian Bush War experiences, winner of Ingrid Jonker Prize and MNet Prize. Has published over 20 books, studied in South African universities.

豆知識

  • Married at the age of 34 and has three children: Ben, Ruth and Joe.
  • Ex-wife, Shari, is a poet and prominent human rights activist.