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Lewis Nkosi

Lewis Nkosi Lewis Nkosi (1936-2010) Born in Chesterville, Durban. Nkosi worked for many years as a magazine editor and broadcast journalist in Durban (Ilanga

Mtutuzeli Matshoba

Mtutuzeli Matshoba Mtutuzeli Matshoba was born in Soweto in 1950 and six years later began school as one the first of the Bantu education

Dumisani Sibiya

Dumisani Sibiya Dumisani Sibiya was born in 1976 in Nquthu, Northern KwaZulu-Natal. Sibiya is an award-winning novelist who writes predominantly in IsiZulu and holds

Jay Naidoo

Jayaseelen “Jay” Naidoo (1954-) was born on 20 December in Durban and matriculated from Sastri College in 1972. At a young age, Naidoo was

June Drummond

June Drummond (1923 – 2011) From a review of Loose Cannon (2003) by Margaret von Klemperer. It was back at the end of the

Melissa Delport

Melissa Delport Melissa Delport (1980 – ) matriculated in 1997 from Pinetown Girls’ High School and graduated from the University of South Africa with

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.