Achmat Dangor

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Biography

Achmat Dangor was born in Johannesburg in 1948, and after high school, lived in several small rural South African towns. He studied literature at Rhodes University, and has published two poetry collections: Bulldozer (1983) and Private Voices (1992). His first three novels were Waiting for Leila (1981), The Z Town Trilogy (1990), and Kafka's Curse (1997).

His latest novel, Bitter Fruit (2003), was shortlisted for the 2003 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the 2004 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. It tells the story of Silas and Lydia Ali, a couple of mixed-race ancestry, and their son, and is set in post-apartheid South Africa.

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Genres (in alphabetical order)

Fiction, Poetry

Bibliography

Waiting for Leila   Ravan (South Africa), 1981

Voices From Within: Black Poetry from Southern Africa   (introduction; edited with Michael Chapman)   A. Donker (South Africa), 1982

Bulldozer   Ravan (South Africa), 1983

The Z Town Trilogy   Ravan (South Africa), 1990

Private Voices   COSAW (South Africa), 1992

Kafka's Curse   Kwela Books (South Africa), 1997

Bitter Fruit   Atlantic Books, 2003

Read about books by Achmat Dangor at encompassculture.com - the British Council's book database and global online book club

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Prizes and awards

1981   Mofolo Plomer Prize (South Africa)   Waiting for Leila

1997   Herman Charles Bosman Prize (South Africa)   Kafka's Curse

2003   International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award   (shortlist)   Bitter Fruit

2004   Man Booker Prize for Fiction   (shortlist)   Bitter Fruit

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Contact information

Publisher (General enquiries) Atlantic Books Ormond House, 26-27 Boswell Street London  WC1N 3JZ England Tel: +44 (0)20 7269 1610 Fax: +44 (0)20 7430 0916 E-mail: enquiries@groveatlantic.co.uk http://www.groveatlantic.co.uk

Agent Blake Friedmann Literary, TV & Film Agency Ltd 122 Arlington Road London  NW1 7HP England Tel: +44 (0)20 7284 0408 Fax: +44 (0)20 7284 0442 E-mail: 'firstname'@blakefriedmann.co.uk http://www.blakefriedmann.co.uk

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