Damon Galgut

Damon Galgut ( born November 12, 1963 in Pretoria) is a South African writer and playwright who writes in English.

Life and work

At the age of six years was diagnosed with cancer Galgut, so he spent much of his childhood in the hospital. He studied drama at the University of Cape Town. At 17, his first novel, A Sinless Season, was published. His battle with cancer was essential to his next book, a collection of short stories entitled Small Circle of Beings (1988). The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs (1991 ) won the CNA Prize, a major South African literary award. The Quarry (1995 ) was filmed.

Only with the publication of The Good Doctor in 2003 reached Galgut greater awareness. It was listed for the Booker Prize and won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the Africa region. His novel, In a Strange Room, was nominated for the Booker Prize.

Works

  • A Sinless Season
  • Small Circle of Beings
  • The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs
  • The Good Doctor
  • The Impostor
  • In a Strange Room In foreign areas, novel, from the English by Thomas Mohr, Manhattan, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-54675-6

Plays

  • Echoes of Angers
  • Party for Mother
  • Alive and Kicking
  • The Green 's Keeper
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