Zukiswa Wanner (Q8075084)

part of

Global Sumud Flotilla

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https://brittlepaper.com/2025/10/breaking-zukiswa-wanner-among-south-africans-detained-on-gaza-bound-flotilla/

image

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zukiswa_Wanner_on_The_British_Library.jpg

sex or gender

female

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country of citizenship

South Africa

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date of birth

30 July 1976

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https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zukiswa_Wanner

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German Wikipedia

https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zukiswa_Wanner&oldid=215859634

https://brittlepaper.com/2020/12/zukiswa-wanner-african-literary-person-of-the-year/

languages spoken, written or signed

English

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occupation

journalist

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novelist

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Category:South African children's writers

children's writer

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inferred from

retrieved

24 June 2019

French Wikipedia

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22057365-refilwe

24 August 2023

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editor

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publisher

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essayist

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http://www.bookshybooks.com/2014/12/meet-zukiswa-wanner.html

fellow

employer

University of Johannesburg

2018

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https://tow.ukzn.ac.za/participant/03/2021/zukiswa-wanner/

writer

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stated in

Integrated Authority File

20 April 2026

2022

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https://openbookfestival.co.za/authors/zukiswa-wanner/

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https://www.theelephant.info/author/zwanner/

activist

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https://www.citizen.co.za/lifestyle/writers-call-for-the-release-of-israeli-abducted-sa-author-zukiswa-wanner/

educated at

St Dominic's Chishawasha

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Hawaii Pacific University

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https://www.goethe.de/en/kul/pre/gme/prt/zuk.html

ethnic group

African people

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http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2015/11/09/2015-south-african-literary-awards-salas-winners-announced/

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1 February 2018

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https://nalibali.org/meet-zukiswa-wanner-our-wrad-storyteller/

Cape Town Book Fair

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https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001JP3WGY/about

London Book Fair

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https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001JP3WGY/about

Intwasa Arts Festival

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https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001JP3WGY/about

2023

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https://openbookfestival.co.za/authors/zukiswa-wanner/

Zimbabwe International Book Fair

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https://geosireads.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/in-a-conversation-with-south-african-writer-zukiswa-wanner/

Palestine Festival of Literature

2023

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https://www.citizen.co.za/lifestyle/writers-call-for-the-release-of-israeli-abducted-sa-author-zukiswa-wanner/

https://brittlepaper.com/2025/10/zukiswa-wanner-and-south-african-flotilla-activists-released-return-home/

notable work

book

title

the madams (English)

men of the south (English)

london, cape town, joburg (English)

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https://zukiswawanner.wordpress.com/about/

award received

Goethe Medal

28 August 2020

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https://www.goethe.de/de/kul/pre/gme/prt/21842438.html

South African Literary Awards

2015

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Commonwealth Writers' Prize

2011

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http://www.bookshybooks.com/2014/12/meet-zukiswa-wanner.html

Dublin Literary Award

subject has role

long list

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https://www.palfest.org/zukiswa-wanner

Honorary Doctor of Letters

University of the Free State - Qwaqwa Campus

14 April 2026

conferred by

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https://www.ufs.ac.za/templates/news-archive/campus-news/2026/april/dr-zukiswa-wanner-honoured-for-shaping-african-literary-voice-and-imagination

2020

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https://brittlepaper.com/2020/12/zukiswa-wanner-african-literary-person-of-the-year/

personal pronoun

she

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Identifiers

VIAF cluster ID

14545445

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German Wikipedia

https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zukiswa_Wanner&oldid=199385703

DDB person (GND) ID

1206602368

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Library of Congress Authorities ID

no2007038538

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