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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]

Ivan Vladislavić
Born	Ivan Vladislavić (1957-09-17) September 17, 1957 (age 64) Pretoria, South Africa
Nationality	South African
Occupation	Author, editor, professor

Biography

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

Novels (fiction)

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Steyn, Jan, "Interview with Ivan Vladislavić," The White Review, August 2012
• 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
• 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

• 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

External links

• Ivan Vladislvić by Katie Kitamura Bomb

На других языках

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- [en] Ivan Vladislavic

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[ru] Владиславич, Иван

Иван Владиславич (англ. Ivan Vladislavić, 1957, Претория) – южноафриканский писатель, журналист, пишет на английском языке.

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