Eben Venter

Eben Venter's nine critically acclaimed novels include Trencherman, Wolf, Wolf, and Green as the Sky Is Blue, written in partial fulfilment of a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Queensland. He is also the author of two books of short stories and a collection of columns, and his work can be read in Afrikaans, English, Dutch and German. Over the years he has won numerous awards for his work, including the prominent KykNet-Rapport Prize. Raised on a sheep farm in the Eastern Cape, he...See more

Eben Venter's nine critically acclaimed novels include Trencherman, Wolf, Wolf, and Green as the Sky Is Blue, written in partial fulfilment of a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Queensland. He is also the author of two books of short stories and a collection of columns, and his work can be read in Afrikaans, English, Dutch and German. Over the years he has won numerous awards for his work, including the prominent KykNet-Rapport Prize. Raised on a sheep farm in the Eastern Cape, he lives in Australia. See less