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Tartu City of Literature international residency programme

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Indian Roots South African Heart

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REVIEW OF COPY BOY BY DENNIS PATHER

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Prithiraj R. Dullay

Prithiraj R. Dullay Prithiraj R. Dullay (1946 – ) was born in Port Shepstone to a family who were among the pioneers in the

Johan van Wyk

Johan van Wyk Johan van Wyk (1956 – 2022) was born in the small mining town of Welkom, Orange Free State. His father worked

Imraan Coovadia

Imraan Coovadia Born in Durban, Imraan Coovadia (1970 – ) currently resides in Cape Town, where he is a Professor in the English Department

Gladman Ngubo

Gladman Ngubo Gladman Ngubo, also known by the name Mvukuzane, was born in Durban in Cato Manor (Mkhumbane) the place of stokvels and Marabi

Oswald Joseph Mtshali

Oswald Joseph Mtshali Oswald Joseph Mtshali (1940 – ) was born in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, where he matriculated. He travelled to Johannesburg at the age

Bessie Head

Bessie Head Bessie Head (1937-1986), one of Africa’s most prominent writers, was born in Pietermaritzburg’s Fort Napier Mental Institution. The child of an “illicit”

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.