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South African author and lawyer (born 1970) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stephanus Jacobus Naudé (born 1970) is a South African author and lawyer. He has written two novels and two collections of short stories.
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Born | Stephanus Jacobus Naudé 1970 (age 53–54) |
Nationality | South African and British |
Notable work | The Alphabet of Birds
The Third Reel Mad Honey Fathers and Fugitives |
Naudé studied at Cambridge University and Columbia Law School. He practiced as a lawyer in New York and London for many years before returning to South Africa.
His debut book, The Alphabet of Birds (2013), was originally written in Afrikaans and has won several prizes including two University of Johannesburg Prizes[1] and a South African Literary Award. He also received the 2014 Jan Rabie and Marjorie Wallace Writing Scholarship, the largest award for creative writing in South Africa. In 2015 Alfabet van die voëls was published in English as The Alphabet of Birds by And Other Stories.
He currently lives in Cape Town, South Africa.
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