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Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa Fernando Pessoa (1888 – 1935) was born in Lisbon and is regarded today as the greatest Portuguese poet since Camoens. Pessoa died

Tom Sharpe

Tom Sharpe Tom Sharpe (1928 – 2013) was educated at Lancing and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He did his National Service in the British Marines

Michael Cardo

Michael Cardo Michael Cardo (1977 – ) is a Durban-born writer and politician. He grew up in Botha’s Hill, and matriculated from Kearsney College

Ronald “Ronnie” Kasrils

Ronald “Ronnie” Kasrils Ronnie Kasrils (1938-) was born and educated in Johannesburg at King Edward VII School. He started off as a script writer

OEHM Nxumalo

OEHM Nxumalo Otty Ezrom Howard Mandlakayise Nxumalo (1938 – ) was born in Louwsburg, KwaZulu-Natal and currently lives in Durban, a coastal city in

Daniel J Joubert

Daniel J Joubert Daniel J Joubert (1954 – ) was born in Balfour on 22 September 1954 and completed his schooling in White River

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.