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Kopano Matlwa | |
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 Matlwa in 2015 | |
| Born | 1985 (age 39–40) South Africa |
| Occupation | Novelist, physician |
| Alma mater | University of Cape Town; University of Oxford |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Notable works | Coconut, Spilt Milk |
| Website | |
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Kopano Matlwa (born 1985) is a South African writer and doctor, known for her novel Spilt Milk, which focuses on the South Africa's "Born Free" generation,[1] and Coconut, her debut novel, which addresses issues of race, class, and colonization in modern Johannesburg.[2] Coconut was awarded the European Union Literary Award in 2006/2007 and also won the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa in 2010. Spilt Milk was on the longlist for the 2011 Sunday Times Fiction Prize.[3] She is currently the Executive Director of the Zero Stunting Campaign which is a South African multi-funder initiative that aims to reduce the prevalence of stunting in South Africa by 2020.[4]
- ^ "In South Africa, No Crying Over 'Spilt Milk'?". Tell Me More. NPR. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ "I Dislike Those Of My Kind: Kopano Matlwa's Novel 'Coconut' Deals With Colonized Consciousness Among Other Social Themes". Ruby Soup with Pearl Juice. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ "Spilt Milk by Kopano Matlwa". LibraryThing. 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "About – Kopano Matlwa". Retrieved 17 July 2024.