Misplaced Pages

Kenneth Bonert

Article snapshot taken from[REDACTED] with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
South African-Canadian writer
Kenneth Bonert
Born1972
Johannesburg, South Africa
Occupationnovelist, short stories
NationalitySouth African/Canadian
Period2000s–present
Notable worksThe Lion Seeker

Kenneth Bonert (born 1972) is a South African-Canadian writer. His debut novel The Lion Seeker won both the 2013 National Jewish Book Award for Outstanding Debut Fiction and the 2013 Edward Lewis Wallant Award. The Lion Seeker was also a shortlisted nominee for the 2013 Governor General's Award for English-language Fiction, and the 2013 Amazon.ca First Novel Award. Bonert's second novel, The Mandela Plot, was released in 2018.

Bonert has previously published short stories, including the Journey Prize nominee "Packers and Movers", as well as a novella, Peacekeepers, 1995, which appeared in McSweeney's.

Early life

Bonert was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. He emigrated to Toronto, Ontario in 1989 with his parents. He studied journalism at Ryerson University.

References

  1. ^ Kenneth Bonert Literatur Festival Berlin. Accessed on 25 July 2024
  2. "NJBA winners list 2013". Archived from the original on February 11, 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  3. "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  4. "Wallant Award Winners". Archived from the original on March 8, 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  5. ^ "Kenneth Bonert's Jewish South African novel up for Governor General's prize". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, October 2, 2013.
  6. "Amazon First Novel Award list". Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  7. "On Writing, with Kenneth Bonert" Archived 2013-10-21 at the Wayback Machine. Open Book Toronto, February 26, 2013.

External links

Stub icon

This article about a Canadian novelist is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:
Kenneth Bonert Add topic