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) while his short stories have appeared in anthologies that include Writing Now: More Stories from Zimbabwe (2005), Laughing Now (2008), and Short Writings from Bulawayo.
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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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


