Thomas Pringle Award
2 appearances
-
Edition 13 (1977) Winner
-
Edition 23 (1987) Winner
Lionel Abrahams
ライオネル・アブラハムス
Raioneru Aburahamusu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1928-04-11 （Pretoria, South Africa）
- Died
- 2004-05-31 （Johannesburg, South Africa） age 76
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Johannesburg (entire life)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, poet, editor, critic, essayist, publisher
- Active Years
- 1956-2004
- Affiliations
- Renoster Books
- Influenced By
- Herman Charles Bosman
- Influenced
- Oswald Mtshali, Mongane Wally Serote
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Honorary Doctorate of Literature | — | — | University of the Witwatersrand | awarded |
| 1986 | Honorary Doctorate of Literature | — | — | University of Natal | awarded |
Honorary Doctorate of Literature
1986
Organization:
University of the Witwatersrand
Result:
awarded
Honorary Doctorate of Literature
1986
Organization:
University of Natal
Result:
awarded
Awards & Nominations
Olive Schreiner Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 27 (1986) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Celibacy of Felix Greenspan: A novel in 18 stories
1977 novelThe White Life of Felix Greenspan
2002 novelJournal of a New Man
1984 poetryThe Writer in Sand
1988 poetryA Dead Tree Full of Live Birds
1988 poetryChaos Theory of the Heart
2005 poetryBibliography
- The Celibacy of Felix Greenspan: A novel in 18 stories (1977)
- The White Life of Felix Greenspan (2002)
- Journal of a New Man (1984)
- The Writer in Sand (1988)
- A Dead Tree Full of Live Birds (1988)
- Chaos Theory of the Heart (2005)
- To Halley's Comet (publishers unknown)
Health
-
cerebral palsy出生時からhad to use a wheelchair until 11 years of age
Legacy
Influential figure in South African literature, published black poets like Oswald Mtshali and Mongane Wally Serote via Renoster Books during apartheid, heralding black poetry's emergence.
Trivia
- Born with cerebral palsy and used a wheelchair until the age of 11.
- Married Jane Fox in 1986.
- Edited seven volumes of Herman Charles Bosman's posthumous works.