Rachel Zadok
Rachel Zadok (* 1972 in Tel Aviv ) is a South African writer.
Life
Zadok was born in 1972 and grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa . She studied art and worked as a graphic designer.
In 2001 she moved to London where she began writing her first novel, Gem Squash Tokoloshe . It is about the experiences of a white girl on a South African farm during apartheid , dealing with the separation of her parents and the illness of her mother. In 2004, Zadok entered a competition with the manuscript, in which she won Pan Macmillan's publication. The novel was nominated for the Whitbread Book Award , the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, and the IMPAC Award.
Zadok returned to South Africa in 2010 and lives in Cape Town with her husband and daughter . In 2013, her second novel, Sister-Sister , was published.
Works
- Gem Squash Tokoloshe . Novel. Pan Macmillan, 2005, ISBN 1-77010-071-7
- Sister-sister . Novel. Kwela Books, 2013, ISBN 978-0-7957-0472-7
Short stories have also appeared in The Observer , Jewish Chronicle , The Independent, and African Violet , the 2012 Caine Prize Anthology from 2012.
Web links
- Author page of the Kwela publishing house (English)
- Rachel Zadok Blog (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zadok, Rachel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tel Aviv |