Sally-Ann Murray

Sally-Ann Murray
Born1961 (age 63–64)
Durban, South Africa
OccupationAuthor and lecturer
LanguageEnglish
NationalitySouth African
Alma materUniversity of Natal
GenrePoetry, fiction, academic research
Notable worksSmall Moving Parts
Notable awardsM-Net Prize, Sanlam Award, Arthur Nortje/Vita Award, Herman Charles Bosman Prize

Sally-Ann Murray (born 1961) is an author from South Africa.

Background

Murray was born in 1961 in Durban, South Africa,[1] and attended the Durban Girls' High School.[2] She received her MA and PhD from the University of Natal.[3]

Career

In 1992 Murray published her first anthology of poems entitled Shifting (Carrefour Press).[3] Her second anthology, Open Season was published in 2006.[4] Her first novel, Small Moving Parts, was published in 2009 by Kwela Books.[5]

Poetry by Murray has appeared in literary journals and anthologies including, Imagination in a Troubled Space. A South African Poetry Reader (2004)[6] and The New Century of South African Poetry (2002).[7]

Murray has worked as a lecturer in the English Department of Stellenbosch University[3] and University of KwaZulu-Natal.[8] In addition to South African literature, Murray's research interests include environment, ecology, and cultural studies.[8] She has contributed to academic journals including publishing in Critical Arts[9] and English in Africa.[10]

Murray has been the chair of the Poetry Africa schools' poetry programme and is an adjudicator of the Douglas Livingstone Creative Writing Competition.[2]

Awards

Murray's first poetry collection, Shifting, won the 1991 Sanlam Award and 1989 Arthur Nortje/Vita Award.[2]

In 2009, her novel Small Moving Parts won the M-Net Prize for English Fiction.[11] The novel also won the 2010 Herman Charles Bosman Prize[12] and the 2013 University of Kwazulu-Natal General Book Prize.[13] It was nominated as a Sunday Independent 'Book of the Year' in 2009,[14] shortlisted for a Sunday Times Fiction Prize in 2010,[15] and shortlisted for the University of Johannesburg Prize for Creative Writing.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Sally-Ann Murray". Literary Tourism. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Sally-Ann Murray (South Africa)". Centre for Creative Arts South Africa. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Sally-Ann Murray". Universiteit Stellenbosch. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  4. ^ Murray, Sally-Ann (2006). Open Season. Hardpressd. ISBN 0620371021.
  5. ^ Murray, Sally-Ann (2010). Small Moving Parts. Kwela Books. ISBN 0795702868.
  6. ^ Borzaga, Michela; Steiner, Dorothea, eds. (2004). Imagination in a Troubled Space. A South African Poetry Reader. Poetry Salzburg. ISBN 9783901993190.
  7. ^ Chapman, Michael J. F., ed. (2002). The New Century of South African Poetry. Ad Donkers. ISBN 0868522244.
  8. ^ a b "Sally-Ann Murray". University of KwaZulu-Natal. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  9. ^ Murray, Sally-Ann (2005). "Working for Water's 'AlienBusters': Material and metaphoric campaigns against 'alien invaders'". Critical Arts. 19: 127–149.
  10. ^ Murray, Sally-Ann (2006). "The Idea of Gardening: Plants, Bewilderment and Indigenous Identity in South Africa". English in Africa. 33 (2): 24–46.
  11. ^ "The 2010 M-Net Literary and Film Award Winners". Sunday Times Books. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  12. ^ "African Book Award Database Search Results". Indiana University. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Book Prizes Awards". University of Kwazulu-Natal. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  14. ^ "The Sunday Independent's Survey of SA Writers' Top Books of 2009". Sunday Times Books Live. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  15. ^ "Sunday Times Fiction Prize Excerpt: Sally-Ann Murray's Small Moving Parts". Sunday Times Books Live. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  16. ^ "Shortlists for the 2009/2010 University of Johannesburg Prizes for Creative Writing (English)". Sunday Times Books Live. Retrieved 20 November 2017.