Ingrid Jonker Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 22 (1990) Winner
John Eppel
ジョン・エッペル
Jon Eppel
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1947-09-19 （Lydenburg）
- Nationality
- Zimbabwean
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Lydenburg, South Africa → Colleen Bawn, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) → Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Poet, Short story writer, Teacher
- Active Years
- 1965-2024
- Affiliations
- Christian Brothers College, Bulawayo
- Nominations
- MNet Prize nomination (Hatchings, 1993/4)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton High School, Bulawayo | — | — | — | — | Zimbabwe |
| University of Natal | Faculty of Arts | English | 英語学修士 | — | South Africa |
Milton High School, Bulawayo
Country:
Zimbabwe
University of Natal
Faculty of Arts
/ English
Degree:
英語学修士
Country:
South Africa
Thesis: A Study of Keatsian Dialectics
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Ingrid Jonker Prize | Spoils of War | 詩集 | — | 受賞 |
| 1993 | MNet Prize | D G G Berry's The Great North Road | 小説 | MNet | 受賞 |
Ingrid Jonker Prize
1990
Work:
Spoils of War
Category:
詩集
Result:
受賞
MNet Prize
1993
Work:
D G G Berry's The Great North Road
Category:
小説
Organization:
MNet
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
M-Net Literary Awards
1 appearances
-
Edition 3 (1993) Winner
Works
Major Works
Spoils of War
1989 PoetryPoetry 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 Literary fictionNotable novel that won the MNet Prize.
SatireHumor
The Giraffe Man
NovelTranslated into French.
Translations
- French translation
Bibliography
- 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
Translations of Works
- The Giraffe Man (French)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- SatiricalHumorousLiterary fictionPost-colonialism
Legacy
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.
Trivia
- 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.