Sally-Ann Murray

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Sally-Ann Murray
Born1961 (age 60–61)
Durban, South Africa
OccupationAuthor and lecturer
LanguageEnglish
NationalitySouth African
Alma mater University of Natal
GenrePoetry, fiction, academic research
Notable worksSmall Moving Parts
Notable awards M-Net Prize, Sanlam Award, Arthur Nortje/Vita Award, Herman Charles Bosman Prize

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

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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]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Sally-Ann Murray (South Africa)". Centre for Creative Arts South Africa. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "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.
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