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Tartu City of Literature international residency programme

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Indian Roots South African Heart

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READING AFRICA 3-9 DECEMBER 2023

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REVIEW OF COPY BOY BY DENNIS PATHER

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Rubendra Govender

Rubendra Govender Rubendra Govender (1966-) was born in Durban. He hails from a pioneer Indian sugar cane farming family and he lived in Inanda

Tony Leon

Tony Leon Tony Leon (1956 – ) is a Durban-born writer. He has written autobiographies that draw mainly from his experiences in politics. For

Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa Fernando Pessoa (1888 – 1935) was born in Lisbon and is regarded today as the greatest Portuguese poet since Camoens. Pessoa died

Jay Naidoo

Jayaseelen “Jay” Naidoo (1954-) was born on 20 December in Durban and matriculated from Sastri College in 1972. At a young age, Naidoo was

Tyron Love

Tyron Love Tyron Love (1982 – ) is a KwaZulu-Natal-born cartoonist. In 2000, he enrolled for (and later completed) a degree in animation at

Janet van Eeden

Janet van Eeden Janet van Eeden Harrison (1959 – ) is a freelance journalist and script writer and occasional poet. She writes regular features

What is Literary Tourism?

Literary Tourism is tourism that deals with places and events from fictional texts as well as the lives of their authors. This could include following the route a fictional character charts in a novel, visiting particular settings from a story or tracking down the haunts of a novelist.

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Hello and welcome to the KZN Literary Tourism website. Through this site, we aim to provide an invaluable resource for those interested in the relatively new field of Literary Tourism as well as provide information on the work we are currently doing from our base in Durban, South Africa.