Sifiso Mzobe is a South African author.
Biography Mzobe is South African and was born and raised in the Durban township of Umlazi. He attended St Francis College in Mariannhill, then studied Journalism at Damelin Business Campus in Durban."Sifiso Mzobe", Litnet, 2010. He has worked for community newspapers and as a freelance journalist. His debut novel Young Blood (2010) won a number of awards, including the 2012 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa, and was also listed in The Sunday Independent′s Top Ten Books of 2010."Sifiso Mzobe (South Africa)", TOW 2011, Centre for Creative Arts.
Awards and honours 2011 Herman Charles Bosman Prize, Young Blood 2011 South African Literary Award for a First-Time Published Author, Young Blood 2011 Sunday Times CNA Literary Award for Fiction, Young Blood"Sifiso Mzobe and Ronnie Kasrils Win the 2011 Sunday Times Literary Awards", Books Live, 25 June 2011. 2012 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa, Young Blood
Bibliography Young Blood, Kwela Books, 2010 Durban December, Kwela Books, 2015 Searching for Simphiwe: And Other Stories, Kwela Books, 2020
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