- John Eppel
Infobox Writer
name = John Eppel
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birthdate = birth date and age|1947|11|16
birthplace =Lydenburg ,South Africa
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occupation =Novelist ,poet ,short story writer
nationality =Zimbabwean
period = 1965-present
genre =Literary fiction
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movement = Post-colonialism
notableworks = D G G Berry's The Great North Road
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website =John Eppel was born in
Lydenburg ,South Africa . He moved to Colleen Bawn, a small mining town in southernZimbabwe [cite web|url=http://msupress.msu.edu/bookTemplate.php?bookID=2954|title=Michigan State University Press|accessdate=2007-08-24] , at the age of four. He was educated at Milton High School inBulawayo , and later attended theUniversity of Natal in South Africa. He married at the age of 34 and has three children. His wife, Shari, is a poet and human rights activist. Eppel teaches English atChristian Brothers College, Bulawayo .He has published over ten books, one of which has been translated into French (The giraffe man). He was awarded the
Ingrid Jonker Prize for his first poetry book, "Spoils of War" and theMNet Prize in 1994 for his Novel, D G G Berrys the Great North Road. [cite web|url=http://www.postcolonialweb.org/zimbabwe/eppel/bio1.html|title=Postcolonialweb|accessdate=2007-08-24]His works are studied in universities across South Africa.
List of Published Books
* "White Man Crawling",'ama Books.
* "Hatchings" (reprint), Republished by 'ama Books.
* "Songs My Country Taught Me", Weaver Press.
* "The Caruso of Collen Bawn and other short writings", 'ama Books.
* "The Holy Innocents", 'ama Books.
* "The curse of the ripe tomato" 'ama Books.
* "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
* "Spoils of War", Carrefour.Gallery of some Published Works
External links
* [http://zimbabwe.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=5757 Zimbabwe poetry]
* [http://international.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=382 Poetry international]
* [http://www.weaverpresszimbabwe.com/ Weaver press]References
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