Ivan Vladislavić
Born
Ivan Vladislavić

(1957-09-17) September 17, 1957
Pretoria, South Africa
NationalitySouth African
Occupation(s)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.[6]

Biography

Vladislavić was born in Pretoria in 1957.[3] 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][3]

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"[9]

Interviews

  • Steyn, Jan, "Interview with Ivan Vladislavić," The White Review, August 2012
  • 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
  • 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

References

  1. ↑ "Ivan Vladislavić". And Other Stories. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 MacKenzie, Craig (20 May 2011). "Vladislavic: Take two". The M&G Online. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 Cornwell, Gareth (2010). The Columbia guide to South African literature in English since 1945. New York : Columbia University Press. pp. 196–197. ISBN 978-0-231-50381-5.
  4. ↑ Kitamura, Katie. "Ivan Vladislavić". Bomb Magazine. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  5. ↑ Walder, Dennis (2000). "The Necessity of Error: Memory and Representation in the New Literatures". In Susheila, Nasta (ed.). Reading the 'New' Literatures in a Postcolonial Era. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. p. 157.
  6. 1 2 Hoby, Hermione (8 August 2017). "The South African Parables of Ivan Vladislavic". The New Yorker. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  7. ↑ Reid, Katie (4 May 2021). "Small and joined in print: Ivan Vladislavić, "Tsafendas's Diary," and Staffrider magazine (1988)". Social Dynamics. 47 (2): 264–287. doi:10.1080/02533952.2021.1973335. ISSN 0253-3952.
  8. ↑ "Q&A: Words on the Times with Ivan Vladislavic on "The Distance"". 2 October 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Ivan Vladislavic - Books". Ivan Vladislavic. 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "Prize Citation for Ivan Vladislavić". Windham–Campbell Literature Prize. 24 February 2015. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
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