Rose Zwi

Rose Zwi (born 8 May 1928) is a South African writer best known for her work about the immigrants in that country. Born in Oaxaca, Mexico, to Jewish refugees from Lithuania, her family moved to South Africa when she was a young girl. In 1967 Zwi graduated from the University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg) with a BA (Hons) in English Literature.cite web |title = Zwi, Rose |publisher= AustLit Agent |url= http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A)dn |accessdate= 2007-08-11]

Zwi lived briefly in Israel, but returned to South Africa until 1988 when she relocated to Australia. She became an Australian citizen in 1992 and now lives in Sydney, New South Wales.

Awards

* 1982 - Winner of the Olive Schreiner Prize for "Another Year in Africa" - a prize for new and emerging writers.cite web |title= Olive Schreiner Prize Winners |publisher= The English Academy of Southern Africa |url= http://www.englishacademy.co.za/pastwinners.html |accessdate= 2007-08-11]
* 1994 - Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Fiction Award for "Safe Houses"cite web|title= 1994 Human Rights Medal and Awards |publisher= Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission |url= http://www.humanrights.gov.au/hr_awards/1994.html |accessedate= 2007-08-11]

Works

* "Another Year in Africa" (Bateleur Press, c1980)
* "The Inverted Pyramid : a Novel" (Ravan Press, 1981)
* "" (AD. Donker, 1984)
* "The Umbrella Tree" (Penguin, 1990)
* "Safe Houses" (Spinifex, 1993)
* "Last Walk in Naryshkin Park" (Spinifex Press, 1997) [http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/non-fict/lwnp.htm Spinifex Press review]
* "Speak the Truth, Laughing" nine stories and a novella, "House Arrest" (Spinifex, 2002) [http://www.api-network.com/cgi-bin/reviews/jrbview.cgi?n=1876756217 API Review]

Notes

References

*"Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature"
* [http://www.englishacademy.co.za/awards.html The English Academy of Southern Africa] (Retrieved 11-August-2007)
* [http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A)dn Zwi, Rose] Austlit (retrieved 11-August 2007)

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