NELM and the MA in Creative Writing invite you to the launch of Wolf, Wolf by Eben Venter
Eben Venter was raised on a sheep farm in Eastern Cape, South Africa. He read philosophy at university and migrated to Australia in 1986 when a State of Emergency was declared.
Venter has published nine works of fiction (six novels, two short story collections and a column & recipe book). His last novel, Santa Gamka (2009), was awarded three South African literary awards: the W.A. Hofmeyr prize (for the fourth time), the M-Net and the ATKV prize.
His work has been translated in English, Dutch and German. His last English novel, Trencherman, was long listed for the Sunday Times (South Africa) prize, 2009.
He was writer-in-residence at Rhodes University in 2012.
DATE: Tuesday 21 May 2013 at 17h30
VENUE:?Eastern Star Education Centre,? Anglo-African Street, Grahamstown
