Ivan Vladislavic Explained

Ivan Vladislavić
Birth Name:	Ivan Vladislavić
Birth Date:	17 September 1957
Birth Place:	Pretoria, South Africa
Nationality:	South African
Occupation:	Author, editor, professor

Ivan Vladislavić (born 17 September 1957) is a South African author, editor and professor.^{[1] [2]} Vladislavić's style has been described as postmodern, innovative, humorous and unpredictable.^{[3] [4] [5]} Despite receiving critical acclaim, his work is not well known outside his home country.

Biography

Vladislavić was born in Pretoria in 1957. His father was a mechanic of Croatian heritage and his mother was a housewife. He attended the University of the Witwatersrand and graduated in 1979.^[6]

He has worked as Social Studies Editor for anti-apartheid publishing house Ravan Press and as an editor for Staffrider magazine.^[7]

He lives in Johannesburg, South Africa and is a Professor of Creative Writing at the University of the Witwatersrand.^[8]

Bibliography

Novels (fiction)

• The Folly (1993; Archipelago Books, 2015; And Other Stories, 2015)
• The Restless Supermarket (David Krut Publishing, 2001; And Other Stories, 2014)
• The Exploded View (Random House, 2004, 2017; Archipelago Books, 2017)
• Double Negative (2011; And Other Stories, 2013)
  • Originally published in a joint project, alongside 300 photos from photographer David Goldblatt, under the title TJ/Double Negative (2010)^[9]
• A Labour of Moles (2012)
  • Illustrated novella designed by Sunandini Banerjee
• The Distance (2019; Archipelago Books, 2020)

Collections

• Missing Persons (1989)
• Propaganda by Monuments and Other Stories (1996)
• Flashback Hotel: Early Stories (2010; Archipelago Books, 2019)
• 101 Detectives (2015; And Other Stories, 2015)

Essays & Nonfiction

• Willem Boshoff (David Krut Publishing, 2004), extended essay on the work of conceptual artist Willem Boshoff
• Portrait with Keys (2006)
• The Loss Library (2012)
  • A hybrid work blending "essay, fiction and literary genealogy"

Interviews

• Steyn, Jan, "Interview with Ivan Vladislavić," The White Review, August 2012 http://www.thewhitereview.org/interviews/interview-with-ivan-vladislavic/
• De Kok, Ingrid, "Ivan Vladislavić: The Restless Supermarket," World Literature Today, January 2002
• De Vries, Fred, "Joburg’s ambiguity mirrored in Portrait," The Weekender, 9 September 2006
• Jooste, Pamela, "In Conversation with Ivan Vladislavić," LitNet, March 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050925105623/http://www.litnet.co.za/chain/pamela_jooste_vs_ivan_vladislavic.asp
• Warnes, Christopher, "Interview with Ivan Vladislavić," Modern fiction studies, 46 (1) Spring, 2000: pp 280.
• Interview with Ivan Vladislavić on The Ledge, an independent platform for world literature. Includes excerpt and audio.

Awards and honors

• 1991: Olive Schreiner Prize, Missing Persons
• 1993: CNA Literary Award, The Folly
• 1994: Thomas Pringle Prize, "Propaganda by Monuments" and "The WHITES ONLY Bench"
• 1997: Honorable Mention, Noma Award for Publishing in Africa, "Propaganda by Monuments"
• 2002: Sunday Times Fiction Prize, The Restless Supermarket
• 2007: Sunday Times Alan Paton Award for Nonfiction, Portrait with Keys
• 2007: University of Johannesburg Prize, Portrait with Keys^[2]
• 2009: Long-listed, Warwick Prize for Writing, Portrait with Keys
• 2011: University of Johannesburg Prize, Double Negative^[2]
• 2011: M-Net Literary Awards, Double Negative
• 2015: Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for Fiction, valued at $150,000^[10]

External links

• Ivan Vladislvić by Katie Kitamura Bomb

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ivan Vladislavić . And Other Stories . 10 May 2019 . en.
2. Web site: MacKenzie . Craig . Vladislavic: Take two . The M&G Online . 10 May 2019 . en . 20 May 2011.
3. Book: Cornwell, Gareth. The Columbia guide to South African literature in English since 1945. 2010. New York : Columbia University Press. 978-0-231-50381-5. 196–197.
4. Web site: Kitamura. Katie. Ivan Vladislavić. 2021-11-15. Bomb Magazine.
5. Book: Walder, Dennis. Reading the 'New' Literatures in a Postcolonial Era. 2000. D. S. Brewer. Susheila. Nasta. Cambridge. 157. The Necessity of Error: Memory and Representation in the New Literatures.
6. Hoby. Hermione. 2017-08-08. The South African Parables of Ivan Vladislavic. 2021-11-15. The New Yorker. en-US.
7. Reid. Katie. 2021-05-04. Small and joined in print: Ivan Vladislavić, "Tsafendas's Diary," and Staffrider magazine (1988). Social Dynamics. 47. 2. 264–287. 10.1080/02533952.2021.1973335. 0253-3952. free.
8. Web site: 2020-10-02. Q&A: Words on the Times with Ivan Vladislavic on "The Distance". 2021-11-15. en.
9. Web site: 2020. Ivan Vladislavic - Books. 4 October 2020. Ivan Vladislavic.
10. Web site: Prize Citation for Ivan Vladislavić . Windham–Campbell Literature Prize . February 24, 2015 . February 25, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150226063749/http://windhamcampbell.org/2015/winner/ivan-vladislavi%C4%87 . February 26, 2015 . dead .