Ivan Vladislavić
Born
Ivan Vladislavić

(1957-09-17) 17 September 1957 (age 66)
Pretoria, South Africa
NationalitySouth African
Occupation(s)Author, editor, professor

Ivan Vladislavić (born 17 September 1957) is a South African author, editor and professor.[1][2] Vladislavić's style has been described as postmodern, innovative, humorous and unpredictable.[3][4][5] Despite receiving critical acclaim, his work is not well known outside his home country.[6]

Biography

Vladislavić was born in Pretoria in 1957.[3] His father was a mechanic of Croatian heritage and his mother was a housewife. He attended the University of the Witwatersrand and graduated in 1979.[6]

He has worked as Social Studies Editor for anti-apartheid publishing house Ravan Press and as an editor for Staffrider magazine.[7]

He lives in Johannesburg, South Africa and is a Professor of Creative Writing at the University of the Witwatersrand.[8][3]

Bibliography

Novels (fiction)

Collections

Essays & Nonfiction

Interviews

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "Ivan Vladislavić". And Other Stories. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c MacKenzie, Craig (20 May 2011). "Vladislavic: Take two". The M&G Online. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Cornwell, Gareth (2010). The Columbia guide to South African literature in English since 1945. New York : Columbia University Press. pp. 196–197. ISBN 978-0-231-50381-5.
  4. ^ Kitamura, Katie. "Ivan Vladislavić". Bomb Magazine. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  5. ^ Walder, Dennis (2000). "The Necessity of Error: Memory and Representation in the New Literatures". In Susheila, Nasta (ed.). Reading the 'New' Literatures in a Postcolonial Era. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. p. 157.
  6. ^ a b Hoby, Hermione (8 August 2017). "The South African Parables of Ivan Vladislavic". The New Yorker. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  7. ^ Reid, Katie (4 May 2021). "Small and joined in print: Ivan Vladislavić, "Tsafendas's Diary," and Staffrider magazine (1988)". Social Dynamics. 47 (2): 264–287. doi:10.1080/02533952.2021.1973335. ISSN 0253-3952.
  8. ^ "Q&A: Words on the Times with Ivan Vladislavic on "The Distance"". 2 October 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Ivan Vladislavic - Books". Ivan Vladislavic. 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Prize Citation for Ivan Vladislavić". Windham–Campbell Literature Prize. 24 February 2015. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

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