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Tony Eprile is a South African writer.

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Early life

Tony Eprile was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1955 to Jewish parents.[1][2] He emigrated with his parents to the United States between 1970 and 1972 and as of 2004^[update] lives in Vermont.[3][4]

He has taught at Northwestern University, Williams College, Bennington College, Lesley University, and the Iowa Writers' Workshop.[5]

Career

Eprile is the author of the 1989 book Temporary Sojourner and Other South African Stories,[6] which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.[7]

His 2004 book The Persistence of Memory[3][8][9] won the Koret Jewish Book Award.[10] The novel was also a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and was listed as a best book of 2004 by The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times.^{[citation needed]}

Publications

Short stories

• Temporary Sojourner and Other South African Stories (1989)

Novels

• The Persistence of Memory (2004)

References

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