Tony Eprile

Tony Eprile is a South African writer.

Early life

Tony Eprile was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1955 to Jewish parents.[1][2] He emigrated with his parents to the United States between 1970 and 1972 and as of 2004 lives in Vermont.[3][4]

He has taught at Northwestern University, Williams College, Bennington College, Lesley University, and the Iowa Writers' Workshop.[5]

Career

Eprile is the author of the 1989 book Temporary Sojourner and Other South African Stories,[6] which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.[7]

His 2004 book The Persistence of Memory[3][8][9] won the Koret Jewish Book Award.[10] The novel was also a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and was listed as a best book of 2004 by the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times.

Publications

Short stories
  • Temporary Sojourner and Other South African Stories (1989)

Novels

References
  1. "the ILANOT Review". www.biu.ac.il.
  2. Switzerland), Posen Library of Jewish culture and civilization (Lucerne (November 20, 2012). "The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume 10: 1973-2005". Yale University Press – via Google Books.
  3. Brawarsky, Sandee (September 9, 2004). "'Memory' Shapes Life and History". Jewish Journal.
  4. Taliaferro, Frances (June 13, 2004). "Laughter and Forgetting". Washington Post (book review).
  5. Cornwell, Gareth; Klopper, Dirk; Mackenzie, Craig (April 13, 2010). "The Columbia Guide to South African Literature in English Since 1945". Columbia University Press – via Google Books.
  6. Rochman, Hazel (August 20, 1989). "Where Men Are Boys Even Now" – via NYTimes.com.
  7. "Eprile, Tony 1955(?)- | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
  8. Tait, Theo (August 8, 2004). "Truth and Reconciliation". The New York Times.
  9. "Ah, but the land is unforgettable". Los Angeles Times. July 18, 2004.
  10. "Jewish book awards get facelift". March 7, 2006.


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