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Indian Roots South African Heart

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Jonny Steinberg

Jonny Steinberg Jonny Steinberg (1970 – ) is a South African writer and scholar. In the mid-1990s he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and

Bessie Head

Bessie Head Bessie Head (1937-1986), one of Africa’s most prominent writers, was born in Pietermaritzburg’s Fort Napier Mental Institution. The child of an “illicit”

William Plomer

William Plomer William Charles Franklyn Plomer (1903 – 1973) was a prolific author of biographies, autobiographies, poetry, librettos, prose fiction and non-fiction. Plomer was

Skhumbuzo Letlaka

Skhumbuzo Letlaka Skhumbuzo Letlaka (1964 – ) was born in the area of St. Wendolins Ridge, near Durban, and is the last born of

Mandla Langa

Mandla Langa Mandla Langa (1950 – ) was born in Stanger, Durban, and grew up in KwaMashu township, whereafter he studied for a BA

Ronald “Ronnie” Kasrils

Ronald “Ronnie” Kasrils Ronnie Kasrils (1938-) was born and educated in Johannesburg at King Edward VII School. He started off as a script writer

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.