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John Eppel
In addition to writing short stories, John Eppel is also an award-winning poet and novelist. His first novel, D.G.G. Berry’s The Great North Road (1992), won the M-Net Prize in South Africa. His second novel, Hatchings (1993), was short-listed for the M-Net Prize and his third novel, The Giraffe Man (1994), has been translated into French.
His first poetry collection, Spoils of War (1989), won the Ingrid Jonker Prize. Other poems have been featured in anthologies that include The Heart in Exile South African Poetry in English 1990-1995 (1996) and Intwasa Poetry (2008) while his short stories have appeared in anthologies that include Short Writings from Bulawayo (2003), Short Writings from Bulawayo II (2005). Writing Now: More Stories from Zimbabwe (2005), Short Writings from Bulawayo III (2006), Laughing Now (2008), and Long Time Coming: Short Writings from Zimbabwe (2008). His latest published novel is Absent: The English Teacher.
Read an interview with John Eppel here: http://conversationswithwriters.blogspot.com/2007/02/interview-with-poet-novelist-and.html
Books authored by John Eppel
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Absent. The English Teacher
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ISBN 9781779220820 | 164 pages | 203 x 127 mm | 2009 | Weaver Press, Zimbabwe | Paperback
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Hatchings
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ISBN 9780797430396 | 136 pages | 216 x 140 mm | 2006 | amabooks Publishers, Zimbabwe | Paperback
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Songs My Country Taught Me
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Collected Poems 1965-2005
ISBN 9781779220387 | 148 pages | 216 x 140 mm | B/W Illustrations | 2005 | Weaver Press, Zimbabwe | Paperback
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Together
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ISBN 9780797442283 | 176 pages | 216 x 140 mm | 2011 | amabooks Publishers, Zimbabwe | Paperback
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White Man Crawling
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ISBN 9780797433908 | 96 pages | 216 x 140 mm | 2007 | amabooks Publishers, Zimbabwe | Paperback
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