Yvette Christiansë - World Literary Awards

Profile

Gender: Female
Born: 1954-12-12 （South Africa）
Nationality: South African
Languages: English
Residence History: South Africa → Swaziland (Mbabane) → Australia (Sydney) → New York City

Occupations: novelist, poet, professor
Active Years: 1999-2024
Affiliations: Barnard College, Fordham University
Nominations: Herman Charles Bosman Prize 2010 finalist (Imprendehora), PEN International Poetry Prize 2001 finalist (Castaway), Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award finalist (Unconfessed), University of Johannesburg Prize 2008 shortlist (Unconfessed), International Dublin Literary Award 2008 shortlist (Unconfessed), Ama Ata Aidoo Prize 2010 nominee (Unconfessed)

Institution	Faculty	Department	Degree	Period	Country
University of Sydney	—	English	PhD	—	Australia

University of Sydney

English

Degree: PhD

Country: Australia

PhD in English

Year	Award	Work	Category	Organization	Result
—	Harri Jones Memorial Prize	—	poetry	Australian literature award	winner
2007	ForeWord Magazine BEA Award	Unconfessed	—	ForeWord Magazine	winner

Harri Jones Memorial Prize

Category: poetry

Organization: Australian literature award

Result: winner

ForeWord Magazine BEA Award

2007

Work: Unconfessed

Organization: ForeWord Magazine

Result: winner

PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel 1 appearances

2006 historical novel

A novel about Sadiq, a slave woman in 19th-century South Africa, dealing with slavery and displacement.

slaverydisplacementpost-colonialism

1999 poetry collection

Poetry collection dealing with South African themes.

South Africaidentity

2009 poetry collection

Poetry collection.

post-colonial

South African-born poet and novelist whose works explore post-colonial themes such as slavery and displacement. Professor at Barnard College.