Ivan Vladislavić (born 17 September 1957) is a South African author, editor and professor. Vladislavić's style has been described as

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, innovative, humorous and unpredictable. Despite receiving critical acclaim, his work is not well known outside his home country.

Biography

Vladislavić was born in Pretoria in 1957. His father was a mechanic of Croatian heritage and his mother was a housewife. He attended the

University of the Witwatersrand The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (), is a multi-campus South African Public university, public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University or Wits ( o ...

and graduated in 1979. He has worked as Social Studies Editor for anti-apartheid publishing house Ravan Press and as an editor for ''

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'' magazine. He lives in Johannesburg, South Africa and is a Professor of Creative Writing at the

Bibliography

Novels (fiction)

*''The Folly'' (1993;

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, 2015;

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, 2015) *'' The Restless Supermarket'' (David Krut Publishing, 2001; And Other Stories, 2014) * ''

The Exploded View ''The Exploded View'' is a quartet of stories by Ivan Vladislavic published in 2004. The stories revolve around four very different gauteng residents in Johannesburg: a statistician employed on the national census, an engineer out on the town wi ...

'' (Random House, 2004, 2017; Archipelago Books, 2017) * ''Double Negative'' (2011; And Other Stories, 2013) ** Originally published in a joint project, alongside 300 photos from photographer David Goldblatt, under the title ''TJ/Double Negative'' (2010) * ''A Labour of Moles'' (2012) ** Illustrated novella designed by Sunandini Banerjee * ''The Distance'' (2019; Archipelago Books, 2020)

Collections

* ''Missing Persons'' (1989) * '' Propaganda by Monuments and Other Stories'' (1996) * ''Flashback Hotel: Early Stories'' (2010; Archipelago Books, 2019) * ''101 Detectives'' (2015; And Other Stories, 2015)

Essays & Nonfiction

*''Willem Boshoff'' (David Krut Publishing, 2004)'','' extended essay on the work of conceptual artist

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*'' Portrait with Keys'' (2006) *''The Loss Library'' (2012) **A hybrid work blending "essay, fiction and literary genealogy"

Interviews

*Steyn, Jan, "Interview with Ivan Vladislavić," ''The White Review,'' August 201

*De Kok, Ingrid, "Ivan Vladislavić: The Restless Supermarket," ''World Literature Today,'' January 2002 *De Vries, Fred, "Joburg’s ambiguity mirrored in Portrait," ''The Weekender'', 9 September 2006 *Jooste, Pamela, "In Conversation with Ivan Vladislavić," ''LitNet'', March 200

*Warnes, Christopher, "Interview with Ivan Vladislavić," ''Modern fiction studies'', 46 (1) Spring, 2000: pp 280.
Interview with Ivan Vladislavić
on ''The Ledge,'' an independent platform for world literature. Includes excerpt and audio.

Awards and honors

*1991: Olive Schreiner Prize, ''Missing Persons'' *1993:

CNA Literary Award The Central News Agency Literary Award (CNA Literary Award, CNA Prize) was a major annual literary award in South Africa. It was named for the CNA chain of bookstores. Founded by Phillip Stein, it recognised works in prose and poetry, and in both t ...

, ''The Folly'' *1994: Thomas Pringle Prize, "Propaganda by Monuments" and "The WHITES ONLY Bench" *1997: Honorable Mention,

Noma Award for Publishing in Africa The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa (''French:Le Prix Noma de Publication en Afrique''), which ran from 1980 to 2009, was an annual $10,000 prize for outstanding African writers and scholars who published in Africa. Within four years of its est ...

, "Propaganda by Monuments" *2002: Sunday Times Fiction Prize, '' The Restless Supermarket'' *2007: Sunday Times Alan Paton Award for Nonfiction, ''Portrait with Keys'' *2007:

University of Johannesburg Prize The University of Johannesburg Prize for South African Writing, also known as the UJ Prize, is awarded annually by the University of Johannesburg (UJ) for the best creative works in each of five categories: English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Northern Soth ...

, ''Portrait with Keys'' *2009: Long-listed,

Warwick Prize for Writing The Warwick Prize for Writing was an international literary prize, worth £25,000, that was given biennially for writing excellence in the English language, in any genre or form, on a theme that changes with every award. It was launched by the Univ ...

, ''Portrait with Keys'' *2011:

, ''Double Negative'' *2011:

M-Net Literary Awards M-Net Literary Awards were a group of South African literary awards, awarded from 1991 to 2013. They were established and sponsored by M-Net (Electronic Media Network), a South African television station. The award was suspended indefinitely a ...

, ''Double Negative'' *2015: Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for Fiction, valued at $150,000

References

External links

Ivan Vladislvić by Katie Kitamura
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