Sifiso mzobe biography

Sifiso Mzobe

South African writer

Sifiso Mzobe

BornSifiso Mzobe
Durban, South Africa
OccupationNovelist
EducationSt Francis College

Sifiso Mzobe is a South African author.

Biography

Mzobe is South African[1][2][3] and was born and raised in the Durbantownship of Umlazi. He attended St Francis College in Mariannhill, then studied Journalism at Damelin Business Campus in Durban.[4] He has worked for community newspapers and as a freelance journalist. His debut novel Young Blood (2010) won a number of awards, including the 2012 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa, and was also listed in The Sunday Independent′s Top Ten Books of 2010.[5]

Awards and honours

Bibliography

  • Young Blood, Kwela Books, 2010
  • Durban December, Kwela Books, 2015
  • Searching for Simphiwe: And Other Stories, Kwela Books, 2020

References

  1. ^"Sifiso Mzobe". Edinburgh International Book Festival. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  2. ^Percy Zvomuya (2012). "Sifiso Mzobe". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  3. ^"Sifiso Mzobe". KZN Literary Tourism. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  4. ^"Sifiso Mzobe", Litnet, 2010.
  5. ^"Sifiso Mzobe (South Africa)", TOW 2011, Centre for Creative Arts.
  6. ^"Herman Charles Bosman Prize". African Book Awards Database. Indiana University. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  7. ^"2011". Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  8. ^Chris (27 June 2011). "Sifiso Mzobe Honoured with 2011 Sunday Times Fiction Prize". Books Live. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  9. ^"Sifiso Mzobe and Ronnie Kasrils Win the 2011 Sunday Times Literary Awards", Books Live, 25 June 2011.
  10. ^Uhakheme, Ozolua (9 September 2012). "South African wins Soyinka Literary Prize". The Nation. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  11. ^Akeem Lasisi (11 September 2012). "Mzobe wins $20,000 Soyinka Prize amidst eulogies". Punch. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  12. ^SOLOMON NDA-ISAIAH (19 September 2012). "Sifizo Mzobe Wins Wole Soyinka's Prize for Literature In Africa". Leadership. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  13. ^Henry Akubuiro (15 September 2012). "Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature: Another South African writer shines". Sun News. Retrieved 27 September 2012.