| 词条 | Eben Venter |
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| image = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = Burgersdorp, South Africa | occupation = Novelist | language = | nationality = | alma_mater = | period = | subject = | spouse = | movement = | influences = | influenced = | signature = | genre = | children = | awards = W.A. Hofmeyr Prize M-Net Literary Award | website = }} Eben Venter is an Afrikaans-speaking writer who was born in Burgersdorp in South Africa and has lived in Australia, Japan and the Netherlands. He published eleven works of fiction (novels, short story collections and a cookbook). His works have been translated into English, Dutch and German. He was awarded the M-Net Literary Award in 2010 for his book Santa Gamka. LifeVenter was raised on a farm in Eastern Cape.[1] He went to Grey College in Bloemfontein[2] before he was conscripted into the air force and served on the Angolan border. He obtained an MA in philosophy and worked as a journalist in Johannesburg before leaving South Africa in 1986, during the State of Emergency.[1] He went to Australia where he worked as a chef in his sibling's café. In 2005, Venter taught at Adam Mickiewicz University and Palacky University before becoming a writer-in-residency at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in 2007.[3] On August 4, 2010, Venter was nominated for the M-Net Literary Award in the Afrikaans category for his book Santa Gamka.[4] The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University awarded him as an alumni achiever in November 2011.[3] In 2012, he was writer-in-residence at Rhodes University.[1] In 2018, Venter released his first book created in English instead of Afrikaans titled Green as the Sky Is Blue.[5] List of titles
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References1. ^1 2 {{cite web |title=Eben Venter |url=http://www.tafelberg.com/authors/1191 |website=tafelberg.com |accessdate=March 10, 2019}} 2. ^{{cite web |title=Working with Words: Eben Venter |url=https://www.wheelercentre.com/news/working-with-words-eben-venter |website=wheelercentre.com |accessdate=March 10, 2019 |date=June 17, 2016}} 3. ^1 {{cite web |title=2011 Alumni Achievers |url=https://alumni.mandela.ac.za/Notable-Alumni/Alumni-Awards/2011-Alumni-Awards |website=alumni.mandela.ac.za |accessdate=March 10, 2019}} 4. ^{{cite news |title=NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS |url=https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-witness/20100804/281917359370795 |accessdate=March 10, 2019 |publisher=The Witness |date=August 4, 2010}} 5. ^{{cite web |title=Three books by Eben Venter acquired by Penguin Random House |url=https://readinglist.click/sub/three-books-by-eben-venter-acquired-by-penguin-random-house/ |website=readinglist.click |accessdate=March 10, 2019}} External links
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