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Indian Roots South African Heart

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Mtutuzeli Nyoka

Mtutuzeli Nyoka Mtutuzeli Nyoka was born on 18 July 1960. His father was a medical doctor and his mother, a nursing sister. Although born

Penny Haw

Penny Haw Penny Haw was born in Pietermaritzburg in 1963 and grew up on a dairy farm in the Lufafa valley (as featured in

Moira Lovell

Moira Lovell Moira Lovell (1951- ), a former Head of English at The Wykeham Collegiate, private girls’ school in Pietermaritzburg, has published four poetry

David Schmahmann

David Schmahmann David Schmahmann grew up and went to high school in Durban. His mother was one of the founders of the Progressive Party

Gail Dendy

Gail Dendy Gail Dendy (1957 – ) was born in Durban and lived in Durban North during her school and early university years. As

Mark Behr

Mark Behr Mark Behr (1963 – 2015) taught English Literature at Rhodes College in the United States, and Creative Writing in the MFA programme

What is Literary Tourism?

Literary Tourism is tourism that deals with places and events from fictional texts as well as the lives of their authors. This could include following the route a fictional character charts in a novel, visiting particular settings from a story or tracking down the haunts of a novelist.

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Hello and welcome to the KZN Literary Tourism website. Through this site, we aim to provide an invaluable resource for those interested in the relatively new field of Literary Tourism as well as provide information on the work we are currently doing from our base in Durban, South Africa.