John Eppel
John Eppel
John Eppel
Born (1947-09-19) September 19, 1947
Lydenburg, South Africa
OccupationNovelist, poet, short story writer, teacher
NationalityZimbabwean
Period1965-present
GenreLiterary fiction, Satire, Humor
Literary movementPost-colonialism
Notable worksD G G Berry's The Great North Road

John Eppel (19 September 1947 -) is a Zimbabwean short story writer, novelist and poet. In 1990 he was awarded the Ingrid Jonker Prize for his poetry volume, "Spoils of War", detailing his experiences as a soldier in the Rhodesian Bush War.[1]

Early life

He born in Lydenburg, South Africa. He moved to Colleen Bawn, a small mining town in the south of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe),[2] at the age of four. He was educated at Milton High School in Bulawayo, and later attended the University of Natal in South Africa, where he completed his English master's degree in 'A Study of Keatsian Dialectics'.

Career

He has published 20 books, one of which has been translated into French (The giraffe man), created a creative writing course for the University of South Africa and published three 'O'Level and one 'A' Level literature study guides. He was awarded the Ingrid Jonker Prize for his first poetry volume, "Spoils of War" and the MNet Prize in 1993 [3] for his novel, 'D G G Berry's the Great North Road'.[4] His second novel, 'Hatchings' was nominated for the MNet prize in 1993/4.

His works are studied in universities across South Africa and he currently teaches English at Christian Brothers College, Bulawayo.

List of Published Books

Making Whoopie (Online) Not the Whispering Wild (Pigeon Press) The Boy who loved Camping (Pigeon Press) Poems of Resistance (Mwanaka Publishing) Traffickings (InkSword)

  • "O Suburbia", Weaver Press
  • "White Man Walking", Mwanaka Publishing
  • "Landlocked", Smith/Doorstep
  • "Textures" (with Togara Muzanenhamo), 'amaBooks.
  • "Hewn From Rock" (with Philani Nyoni)
  • "Together" (with Julius Chingono), 'amaBooks/UNO Press/UKZN Press.
  • "Absent: The English Teacher", Jacana.
  • "White Man Crawling", (2007) 'amaBooks.
  • "Hatchings" (reprint), Republished by 'amaBooks.
  • "Songs My Country Taught Me", Weaver Press.
  • "The Caruso of Collen Bawn and other short writings", 'amaBooks.
  • "The Holy Innocents", 'amaBooks.
  • "The Curse of the Ripe Tomato", 'amaBooks.
  • "Selected poems 1965-1995", Childline.
  • "Sonata for Matabeleland", Snailpress/Baobab Books.
  • "The Giraffe Man", Quelliere.
  • "Hatchings" Carrefour.
  • "D G G Berry's The Great North Road", Carrefour/Hippogriff (1992) (Recently re-published in E-Book format on Amazon).
  • "Spoils of War", (1989) Carrefour.
  • "Four Voices" (with N.H. Brettell, Rowland Molony, and David Wright) Books of Zimbabwe.

Personal life

He married at the age of 34 and has three children; Ben, Ruth and Joe. His ex-wife, Shari, is a poet and prominent human rights activist.

References

  1. ↑ 13. White Rhodesian Poetry Columbia University Press. 2007
  2. ↑ "Michigan State University Press". Archived from the original on 10 May 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
  3. ↑ "Indiana State University". Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Postcolonialweb". Retrieved 24 August 2007.
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