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Maxine Case

マクシーン・ケース

Makushīn Kēsu

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1976-01-17 (Cape Town)
Nationality
South Africa
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Cape Town, South Africa

Career

Occupations
novelist, short story writer
Active Years
2005-2024
Affiliations
International Writing Program, University of Iowa, City of Asylum/Pittsburgh

Awards

Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book, Africa Region
2007
Work: All We Have Left Unsaid
Organization: Commonwealth Foundation
Result: winner
Herman Charles Bosman Prize
2007
Work: All We Have Left Unsaid
Organization: NB Publishers
Result: joint winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

All We Have Left Unsaid

2006 novel
Translations
  • Dutch translation: Waarover we zwegen (2009)

Homing Pigeons

2005 short story

Bibliography

  • All We Have Left Unsaid, Kwela Books, 2006
  • Homing Pigeons, African Compass: New Writing from Southern Africa, 2005
  • Waarover we zwegen, Mistral Uitgevers, 2009

Legacy

Acclaimed South African novelist known for her debut work.