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Indian Roots South African Heart

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Trevor Kleinhans

Trevor Kleinhans Trevor Kleinhans (1962 – ) was born and raised in Durban. His debut novel, Secrets Make You Sick, is an intimate and

Dr. Goonum

Dr. Goonum Doctor Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (1906 – 1999) The woman who most people knew as Dr Goonam was named Gonarathnam when she was

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”

Mi Hlatshwayo

Mi Hlatshwayo Mi S’dumo Hlatshwayo (1951 – ) grew up as an “illegitimate” child in a working-class household in Cato Manor/ M’Kumbane – a

Adrian Flett

Adrian Flett Flett (1936 – ) was born in Pietermaritzburg and grew up on a farm in the Richmond area. He was farm schooled

Gertrud Irene (Klipp) Strauss

Gertrud Irene (Klipp) Strauss was born on 26th October, 1936 and grew up in the farming area of the Natal midlands. Her parents were

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.