Sally-Ann Murray

Sally-Ann Murray
Born	1961 (age 63–64) Durban, South Africa
Occupation	Author and lecturer
Language	English
Nationality	South African
Alma mater	University of Natal
Genre	Poetry, fiction, academic research
Notable works	Small 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.

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]

References

1. "Sally-Ann Murray". Literary Tourism. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
2. "Sally-Ann Murray (South Africa)". Centre for Creative Arts South Africa. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
3. "Sally-Ann Murray". Universiteit Stellenbosch. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. 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. "Sally-Ann Murray". University of KwaZulu-Natal. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. 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. Archived from the original on 29 November 2017. 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.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
16. "Shortlists for the 2009/2010 University of Johannesburg Prizes for Creative Writing (English)". Sunday Times Books Live. Retrieved 20 November 2017.