John Eppel

John Eppel

John Eppel
Born (1947-09-19) September 19, 1947
Lydenburg, South Africa
Occupation Novelist, poet, short story writer, English teacher
Nationality Zimbabwean
Period 1965-present
Genre Literary fiction, Satire, Humor
Literary movement Post-colonialism
Notable works D G G Berry's The Great North Road

John Eppel was born in Lydenburg, South Africa. He moved to Colleen Bawn, a small mining town in the south of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe),[1] 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'. 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. Eppel teaches English at Christian Brothers College, Bulawayo.

He has published 13 books (so far), 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 book, "Spoils of War" and the MNet Prize in 1993 [2] for his Novel, 'D G G Berry's the Great North Road'.[3] His second novel, 'Hatchings' was nominated for the MNet prize in 1993/4.

His works are studied in universities across South Africa.

List of Published Books

References

  1. ↑ "Michigan State University Press". Archived from the original on 2007-05-10. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  2. ↑ "Indiana State University". Retrieved 2015-04-02.
  3. ↑ "Postcolonialweb". Retrieved 2007-08-24.
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