Olive Schreiner Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 23 (1982) Winner
Rose Zwi
ローズ・ズウィ
Rōzu Zui
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1928-05-08 （Oaxaca）
- Died
- 2018-10-22 （Sydney） age 90
- Nationality
- Mexican, South African, Australian
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Oaxaca, Mexico (birth) → South Africa (from young age) → Israel (briefly) → Sydney, Australia (from 1988)
Career
- Occupations
- writer, anti-apartheid activist
- Active Years
- 1980-2018
- Affiliations
- Black Sash
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Witwatersrand | — | English literature | BA (Hons) | — | South Africa |
University of Witwatersrand
English literature
Degree:
BA (Hons)
Year of Graduation:
1967
Country:
South Africa
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Olive Schreiner Prize | Another Year in Africa | — | English Academy of Southern Africa | Winner |
| 1982 | Mofolo-Plomer Prize | The Umbrella Tree | — | — | Winner |
| 1994 | Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Fiction Award | Safe Houses | Fiction | Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission | Winner |
Olive Schreiner Prize
1982
Work:
Another Year in Africa
Organization:
English Academy of Southern Africa
Result:
Winner
Mofolo-Plomer Prize
1982
Work:
The Umbrella Tree
Result:
Winner
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Fiction Award
1994
Work:
Safe Houses
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Thomas Pringle Award
1 appearances
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Edition 24 (1988) Winner
Works
Major Works
Another Year in Africa
1980 NovelSet in the fictional town of Mayfontein near Johannesburg in the late 1930s and early 1940s, the novel chronicles exile, alienation, and assimilation centering on the Lithuanian Jewish community.
exilealienationassimilationJewish immigrants
Bibliography
- Another Year in Africa (1980)
- The Inverted Pyramid: a Novel (1981)
- Exiles: A Novel (1984)
- The Umbrella Tree (1990)
- Safe Houses (1993)
- Last Walk in Naryshkin Park (1997)
- Speak the Truth, Laughing (2002)
- Once Were Slaves: A Journey Through the Circles of Hell (2010)
Legacy
Best known for her work about immigrants in South Africa, particularly the Jewish community, and as an anti-apartheid activist. Relocated to Australia in 1988 and became a citizen in 1992.
Trivia
- Visited her parents' hometown of Žagarė in 2006.