Knowledge

Ceridwen Dovey

Source 📝

316: 131:
as an undergraduate, where she completed a joint degree in Anthropology and Visual & Environmental Studies in 2003. During her time at Harvard, Dovey made documentaries that highlighted the relationships between farmers and rural labourers in post-apartheid South Africa. She made a documentary
220:
for Best First Book (Africa). It tells the story of a fictional military coup from the perspective of the overthrown leader's portraitist, chef, and barber. The novel is deliberately ambiguous in its setting.
230:
is a collection of ten short stories about the souls of ten animals caught up in human conflicts over the last century. It won the inaugural 2014 Readings New Australian Writing Award and the
212:
in March 2008. It was published in 15 countries, including Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Sweden. It was shortlisted in 2007 for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the U.K.'s
951: 993: 1234: 231: 1178: 796: 714: 1143: 1109: 1239: 537: 239: 200: 167: 1199: 362: 226: 92: 611: 1229: 770: 662: 1209: 466: 448: 429: 389: 371: 323: 1204: 737: 1214: 1135: 970: 191:
Dovey moved back to Sydney in 2010. From 2010 to 2015 she worked for the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the
1224: 509: 192: 636: 217: 124: 1168: 243: 116:) and Australia. Her father received death threats because he taught black students, then illegal under the 154: 490:
Taylor. Josephine (January–February 2021). "The science of happiness : a presidential-term dream".
300: 213: 113: 1006: 521: 162: 1219: 931: 1083: 176: 83: 637:"Blood Kin by Ceridwen Dovey - Reading Guide: 9781101202739 - PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books" 1194: 1032: 738:"'In the Garden of the Fugitives': A Literary Tale of Love and Obsession (Published 2018)" 689: 8: 914: 216:
for British/Commonwealth authors under the age of 35 and was shortlisted in 2008 for the
180: 822: 327: 172: 128: 1057: 847: 208:(U.K.), Penguin (South Africa) and Penguin (Australia) in July 2007, and by Viking in 797:"Life After Truth by Ceridwen Dovey review – lifestyles of the remarkably privileged" 745: 462: 444: 425: 385: 367: 989: 715:"Clarke, Dovey among Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship recipients | Books+Publishing" 542: 109: 36: 994:"The Garden of the Fugitives review: Ceridwen Dovey's striking, intelligent novel" 579: 898: 667: 527: 281: 205: 1188: 873: 749: 551: 209: 158: 137: 366:. Melbourne, Victoria Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin books. 2014. 299:
Dovey's sister, Lindiwe Dovey, is Professor of Film and Screen Studies at
287: 149: 406: 133: 117: 96:. In 2024 she published another collection of short stories, called 86:. The winner of several awards, she is known for her first novel, 584: 161:, before moving to South Africa to study creative writing at the 1173: 476: 47: 1169:
The Ceridwen Dovey official shelf page on Book Southern Africa
874:"Professor Lindiwe Dovey | Staff | SOAS University of London" 279:
Dovey writes non-fiction for various publications, including
269:
is Dovey's fourth novel and was published in November 2020.
272:
In 2024 she published a collection of short stories called
68: 179:, then did her graduate studies in Social Anthropology at 147:
In 2004 Dovey worked briefly for the television programme
112:, South Africa, and grew up between South Africa (mainly 82:(born 1980) is a South African and Australian author and 127:, before going to the United States in 1999 to study at 414:
Inner Worlds, Outer Spaces. The Working Life of Others
259:
was published in October 2018 as part of Black Inc.'s
516:given to mid-career creatives and thought leaders. 1102: 612:"Ceridwen Dovey '03 films her native South Africa" 257:Writers on Writers: Ceridwen Dovey on J.M. Coetzee 175:in creative writing under the supervision of poet 16:South African-Australian writer and anthropologist 1235:People educated at North Sydney Girls High School 1110:"Dovey wins 2020 Bragg Prize for Science Writing" 489: 1186: 1136:"2020 Australian Museum Eureka Prize winners" 996:Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 April 2018 540:, for her article, "True Grit", published in 90:(2007), and her 2014 short story collection, 477:Critical studies and reviews of Dovey's work 244:Queensland Literary Awards Steele Rudd Award 103: 1025: 905:, February 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2008 771:"Review: On J.M. Coetzee by Ceridwen Dovey" 123:Dovey attended high school in Australia at 1084:"Moondust could cloud our lunar ambitions" 1037:Sidney Myer Fund & The Myer Foundation 942:, 21 July 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2008 538:Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing 605: 603: 574: 572: 570: 568: 528:Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction 503: 438: 520:2009: Named a 5 under 35 nominee by the 144:as part of her honours thesis in 2003. 1187: 609: 600: 565: 1240:21st-century Australian women writers 1146:from the original on 24 November 2020 735: 654: 310: 1050: 13: 999: 14: 1251: 1200:21st-century Australian novelists 1162: 932:"Languour management" (review of 736:Walsh, S. Kirk (31 August 2018). 660: 232:People's Choice for Fiction Award 554:for Long-Form Science Journalism 550:2020: Winner, Finkel Foundation 314: 294: 1181:, Penguin Books Australia. 2014 1179:"Q & A with Ceridwen Dovey" 1128: 1076: 983: 964: 945: 924: 908: 891: 866: 840: 815: 510:Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship 306: 253:, was published in early 2018. 193:University of Technology Sydney 1230:University of Cape Town alumni 1007:"Ceridwen Dovey on JM Coetzee" 974:by Ceridwen Dovey, Book Review 789: 763: 729: 707: 682: 629: 588:. The University of Queensland 382:In the Garden of the Fugitives 251:In the Garden of the Fugitives 246:for a short story collection. 125:North Sydney Girls High School 1: 1210:South African women novelists 558: 240:NSW Premier's Literary Awards 165:. She wrote her first novel, 961:. Retrieved 21 February 2008 921:. Retrieved 21 February 2008 610:Potier, Beth (5 June 2003). 7: 508:Dovey was a recipient of a 218:Commonwealth Writers' Prize 34:1980 (age 43–44) 10: 1256: 1205:Australian women novelists 234:(joint with Joan London's 108:Dovey was born in 1980 in 915:"New Fiction, New Worlds" 461:. Hamish Hamilton. 2024. 424:. Hamish Hamilton. 2020. 384:. Hamish Hamilton. 2018. 301:SOAS University of London 214:John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 186: 140:of South Africa, called 104:Early years and education 66: 61: 53: 43: 30: 23: 1174:Ceridwen Dovey's website 1062:National Book Foundation 526:2014: Inaugural winner, 522:National Book Foundation 346: 136:labour relations in the 1215:South African novelists 1033:"Past Award Recipients" 439:__ Bell, Eliza (2022). 356:. Atlantic Books. 2007. 171:, as her thesis for an 163:University of Cape Town 1225:Harvard College alumni 1011:State Library Victoria 978:Booklover Book Reviews 663:"Burden of the beasts" 641:PenguinRandomhouse.com 504:Awards and recognition 492:Australian Book Review 1140:The Australian Museum 249:Dovey's third novel, 224:Dovey's second book, 198:Dovey's first novel, 84:social anthropologist 899:"Blood Kin" (review) 328:adding missing items 150:NOW with Bill Moyers 717:. 12 September 2019 459:Only the Astronauts 274:Only the Astronauts 181:New York University 98:Only the Astronauts 1116:. 26 November 2020 1064:. 11 December 2015 930:Catherine Taylor, 803:. 12 November 2020 742:The New York Times 690:"Only the Animals" 403:Writers on Writers 326:; you can help by 261:Writers on Writers 129:Harvard University 980:- 6 February 2015 919:Publishers Weekly 777:. 23 October 2018 775:ArtsHub Australia 694:Reading Australia 468:978-1-76089-677-5 450:978-1-76104-355-0 431:978-1-76089-536-5 391:978-1-926428-59-8 373:978-1-926428-58-1 344: 343: 242:, as well as the 204:was published by 77: 76: 1247: 1156: 1155: 1153: 1151: 1132: 1126: 1125: 1123: 1121: 1114:Books+Publishing 1106: 1100: 1099: 1097: 1095: 1080: 1074: 1073: 1071: 1069: 1058:"Ceridwen Dovey" 1054: 1048: 1047: 1045: 1043: 1029: 1023: 1022: 1020: 1018: 1013:. 4 October 2018 1003: 997: 990:Rebecca Starford 987: 981: 972:Only the Animals 968: 962: 949: 943: 928: 922: 912: 906: 895: 889: 888: 886: 884: 870: 864: 863: 861: 859: 848:"Ceridwen Dovey" 844: 838: 837: 835: 833: 823:"Ceridwen Dovey" 819: 813: 812: 810: 808: 793: 787: 786: 784: 782: 767: 761: 760: 758: 756: 733: 727: 726: 724: 722: 711: 705: 704: 702: 700: 686: 680: 679: 677: 675: 661:Romei, Stephen. 658: 652: 651: 649: 647: 633: 627: 626: 624: 622: 607: 598: 597: 595: 593: 580:"Ceridwen Dovey" 576: 532:Only the Animals 515: 499: 483:Life after truth 472: 454: 435: 422:Life After Truth 417: 395: 377: 363:Only the Animals 357: 339: 336: 318: 317: 311: 267:Life After Truth 227:Only the Animals 155:Channel Thirteen 110:Pietermaritzburg 93:Only the Animals 73: 70: 37:Pietermaritzburg 21: 20: 1255: 1254: 1250: 1249: 1248: 1246: 1245: 1244: 1185: 1184: 1165: 1160: 1159: 1149: 1147: 1134: 1133: 1129: 1119: 1117: 1108: 1107: 1103: 1093: 1091: 1082: 1081: 1077: 1067: 1065: 1056: 1055: 1051: 1041: 1039: 1031: 1030: 1026: 1016: 1014: 1005: 1004: 1000: 988: 984: 969: 965: 950: 946: 929: 925: 913: 909: 897:Nicole Rudick, 896: 892: 882: 880: 872: 871: 867: 857: 855: 846: 845: 841: 831: 829: 821: 820: 816: 806: 804: 795: 794: 790: 780: 778: 769: 768: 764: 754: 752: 734: 730: 720: 718: 713: 712: 708: 698: 696: 688: 687: 683: 673: 671: 659: 655: 645: 643: 635: 634: 630: 620: 618: 616:Harvard Gazette 608: 601: 591: 589: 578: 577: 566: 561: 513: 506: 479: 469: 457: 451: 432: 420: 412: 392: 380: 374: 360: 352: 349: 340: 334: 331: 315: 309: 297: 189: 106: 67: 35: 26: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1253: 1243: 1242: 1237: 1232: 1227: 1222: 1217: 1212: 1207: 1202: 1197: 1183: 1182: 1176: 1171: 1164: 1163:External links 1161: 1158: 1157: 1127: 1101: 1075: 1049: 1024: 998: 982: 963: 944: 923: 907: 890: 878:www.soas.ac.uk 865: 854:. 14 July 2014 839: 827:The New Yorker 814: 788: 762: 728: 706: 681: 668:The Australian 653: 628: 599: 563: 562: 560: 557: 556: 555: 547: 546: 536:2020: Winner, 534: 524: 512:, an award of 505: 502: 501: 500: 486: 485: 478: 475: 474: 473: 467: 455: 449: 436: 430: 418: 410: 396: 390: 378: 372: 358: 348: 345: 342: 341: 321: 319: 308: 305: 296: 293: 282:The New Yorker 236:The Golden Age 206:Atlantic Books 188: 185: 177:Stephen Watson 105: 102: 80:Ceridwen Dovey 75: 74: 64: 63: 59: 58: 55: 51: 50: 45: 41: 40: 39:, South Africa 32: 28: 27: 25:Ceridwen Dovey 24: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1252: 1241: 1238: 1236: 1233: 1231: 1228: 1226: 1223: 1221: 1220:Living people 1218: 1216: 1213: 1211: 1208: 1206: 1203: 1201: 1198: 1196: 1193: 1192: 1190: 1180: 1177: 1175: 1172: 1170: 1167: 1166: 1145: 1141: 1137: 1131: 1115: 1111: 1105: 1090:. 20 May 2019 1089: 1085: 1079: 1063: 1059: 1053: 1038: 1034: 1028: 1012: 1008: 1002: 995: 991: 986: 979: 975: 973: 967: 960: 956: 955: 948: 941: 937: 935: 927: 920: 916: 911: 904: 900: 894: 879: 875: 869: 853: 849: 843: 828: 824: 818: 802: 798: 792: 776: 772: 766: 751: 747: 743: 739: 732: 716: 710: 695: 691: 685: 670: 669: 664: 657: 642: 638: 632: 617: 613: 606: 604: 587: 586: 581: 575: 573: 571: 569: 564: 553: 549: 548: 545: 544: 539: 535: 533: 529: 525: 523: 519: 518: 517: 511: 497: 493: 488: 487: 484: 481: 480: 470: 464: 460: 456: 452: 446: 442: 441:Mothertongues 437: 433: 427: 423: 419: 415: 411: 408: 404: 400: 397: 393: 387: 383: 379: 375: 369: 365: 364: 359: 355: 351: 350: 338: 329: 325: 322:This list is 320: 313: 312: 304: 302: 295:Personal life 292: 290: 289: 284: 283: 277: 275: 270: 268: 264: 262: 258: 254: 252: 247: 245: 241: 237: 233: 229: 228: 222: 219: 215: 211: 210:North America 207: 203: 202: 196: 194: 184: 182: 178: 174: 170: 169: 164: 160: 159:New York City 156: 152: 151: 145: 143: 139: 135: 130: 126: 121: 119: 115: 111: 101: 99: 95: 94: 89: 85: 81: 72: 69:ceridwendovey 65: 60: 56: 52: 49: 46: 42: 38: 33: 29: 22: 19: 1148:. Retrieved 1139: 1130: 1118:. Retrieved 1113: 1104: 1092:. Retrieved 1087: 1078: 1066:. Retrieved 1061: 1052: 1040:. Retrieved 1036: 1027: 1015:. Retrieved 1010: 1001: 985: 977: 971: 966: 958: 953: 947: 940:The Guardian 939: 933: 926: 918: 910: 902: 893: 881:. Retrieved 877: 868: 856:. Retrieved 851: 842: 830:. Retrieved 826: 817: 805:. Retrieved 801:The Guardian 800: 791: 779:. Retrieved 774: 765: 753:. Retrieved 741: 731: 719:. Retrieved 709: 697:. Retrieved 693: 684: 672:. Retrieved 666: 656: 644:. Retrieved 640: 631: 619:. Retrieved 615: 590:. Retrieved 583: 552:Eureka Prize 541: 531: 507: 495: 491: 482: 458: 440: 421: 413: 402: 398: 381: 361: 353: 332: 307:Bibliography 298: 286: 280: 278: 273: 271: 266: 265: 260: 256: 255: 250: 248: 235: 225: 223: 199: 197: 190: 166: 148: 146: 141: 138:Western Cape 122: 107: 97: 91: 87: 79: 78: 57:2008-present 18: 1195:1980 births 1120:26 November 852:The Monthly 807:26 November 755:26 November 674:21 December 288:The Monthly 142:Aftertaste, 114:East London 1189:Categories 1150:9 December 1094:2 November 1042:2 November 952:Review of 559:References 514:A$ 160,000 399:JM Coetzee 324:incomplete 44:Occupation 954:Blood Kin 934:Blood Kin 903:Bookforum 750:0362-4331 407:Black Inc 401:, in the 354:Blood kin 335:July 2022 238:) at the 201:Blood Kin 168:Blood Kin 134:wine farm 118:apartheid 88:Blood Kin 1144:Archived 1068:5 August 1017:5 August 409:. 2018. 405:series. 263:series. 120:regime. 592:31 July 585:AustLit 416:. 2019. 62:Website 959:Litnet 883:8 July 858:19 May 832:19 May 781:19 May 748:  721:19 May 699:19 May 646:19 May 621:19 May 530:, for 465:  447:  428:  388:  370:  187:Career 132:about 54:Period 48:Writer 1088:Wired 543:Wired 498:: 41. 347:Books 1152:2020 1122:2020 1096:2022 1070:2024 1044:2022 1019:2024 885:2023 860:2022 834:2022 809:2020 783:2022 757:2020 746:ISSN 723:2022 701:2022 676:2014 648:2022 623:2022 594:2023 463:ISBN 445:ISBN 426:ISBN 386:ISBN 368:ISBN 285:and 71:.com 31:Born 496:428 330:. 195:. 157:in 153:at 1191:: 1142:. 1138:. 1112:. 1086:. 1060:. 1035:. 1009:. 992:, 976:, 957:, 938:, 917:, 901:, 876:. 850:. 825:. 799:. 773:. 744:. 740:. 692:. 665:. 639:. 614:. 602:^ 582:. 567:^ 494:. 443:. 303:. 291:. 276:. 183:. 173:MA 100:. 1154:. 1124:. 1098:. 1072:. 1046:. 1021:. 936:) 887:. 862:. 836:. 811:. 785:. 759:. 725:. 703:. 678:. 650:. 625:. 596:. 471:. 453:. 434:. 394:. 376:. 337:) 333:(

Index

Pietermaritzburg
Writer
ceridwendovey.com
social anthropologist
Only the Animals
Pietermaritzburg
East London
apartheid
North Sydney Girls High School
Harvard University
wine farm
Western Cape
NOW with Bill Moyers
Channel Thirteen
New York City
University of Cape Town
Blood Kin
MA
Stephen Watson
New York University
University of Technology Sydney
Blood Kin
Atlantic Books
North America
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Only the Animals
People's Choice for Fiction Award
NSW Premier's Literary Awards
Queensland Literary Awards Steele Rudd Award

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.