Sifiso mzobe biography sample

South African writer

Sifiso Mzobe
Born	Sifiso Mzobe Durban, South Africa
Occupation	Novelist
Education	St Francis College

Sifiso Mzobe is a South African author.

Biography

Mzobe is South African^[1][2][3] and was born and raised in the Durbantownship of Umlazi. He attended St Francis College in Mariannhill, then studied Journalism at Damelin Business Campus in Durban.^[4] 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.^[5]

Awards and honours

Bibliography

• Young Blood, Kwela Books, 2010
• Durban December, Kwela Books, 2015
• Searching for Simphiwe: And Other Stories, Kwela Books, 2020

References