Ivan Vladislavic
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Ivan Vladislavić | |
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| Born | Ivan Vladislavić 17 September 1957 |
| Nationality | South 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
[edit]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
[edit]Novels (fiction)
[edit]- The Folly (1993; Archipelago Books, 2015; And Other Stories, 2015)
- The Restless Supermarket (David Krut Publishing, 2001; And Other Stories, 2014)
- The Exploded View (Random House, 2004, 2017; Archipelago Books, 2017)
- Double Negative (2011; And Other Stories, 2013)
- Originally published in a joint project, alongside 300 photos from photographer David Goldblatt, under the title TJ/Double Negative (2010)[9]
- A Labour of Moles (2012)
- Illustrated novella designed by Sunandini Banerjee
- The Distance (2019; Archipelago Books, 2020)
Collections
[edit]- Missing Persons (1989)
- Propaganda by Monuments and Other Stories (1996)
- Flashback Hotel: Early Stories (2010; Archipelago Books, 2019)
- 101 Detectives (2015; And Other Stories, 2015)
Essays & Nonfiction
[edit]- Willem Boshoff (David Krut Publishing, 2004), extended essay on the work of conceptual artist Willem Boshoff
- Portrait with Keys (2006)
- The Loss Library (2012)
- A hybrid work blending "essay, fiction and literary genealogy"[9]
Interviews
[edit]- Steyn, Jan, "Interview with Ivan Vladislavić," The White Review, August 2012 [1]
- De Kok, Ingrid, "Ivan Vladislavić: The Restless Supermarket," World Literature Today, January 2002
- De Vries, Fred, "Joburg’s ambiguity mirrored in Portrait," The Weekender, 9 September 2006
- Jooste, Pamela, "In Conversation with Ivan Vladislavić," LitNet, March 2005 [2]
- Warnes, Christopher, "Interview with Ivan Vladislavić," Modern fiction studies, 46 (1) Spring, 2000: pp 280.
- Interview with Ivan Vladislavić on The Ledge, an independent platform for world literature. Includes excerpt and audio.
Awards and honors
[edit]- 1991: Olive Schreiner Prize, Missing Persons
- 1993: CNA Literary Award, The Folly
- 1994: Thomas Pringle Prize, "Propaganda by Monuments" and "The WHITES ONLY Bench"
- 1997: Honorable Mention, Noma Award for Publishing in Africa, "Propaganda by Monuments"
- 2002: Sunday Times Fiction Prize, The Restless Supermarket
- 2007: Sunday Times Alan Paton Award for Nonfiction, Portrait with Keys
- 2007: University of Johannesburg Prize, Portrait with Keys[2]
- 2009: Long-listed, Warwick Prize for Writing, Portrait with Keys
- 2011: University of Johannesburg Prize, Double Negative[2]
- 2011: M-Net Literary Awards, Double Negative
- 2015: Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for Fiction, valued at $150,000[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ivan Vladislavić". And Other Stories. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ a b c MacKenzie, Craig (20 May 2011). "Vladislavic: Take two". The M&G Online. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kitamura, Katie. "Ivan Vladislavić". Bomb Magazine. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Hoby, Hermione (8 August 2017). "The South African Parables of Ivan Vladislavic". The New Yorker. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Q&A: Words on the Times with Ivan Vladislavic on "The Distance"". 2 October 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Ivan Vladislavic - Books". Ivan Vladislavic. 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ "Prize Citation for Ivan Vladislavić". Windham–Campbell Literature Prize. 24 February 2015. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
External links
[edit]- Ivan Vladislvić by Katie Kitamura Archived 20 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Bomb
