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'''Cynthia Jele''' is a South African [[novelist]]. Her novel ''Happiness is a Four-Letter Word'' won the 2011 [[Commonwealth Writers' Prize]] for Best First Book, Africa Region and the M-Net film prize at the 2011 [[M-Net Literary Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://book.co.za/blog/2011/03/04/aminatta-forna-and-cynthia-jele-win-the-2011-commonwealth-writers-prizes-africa-region/ |title=Aminatta Forna and Cynthia Jele Win the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prizes – Africa Region | Books LIVE |publisher=Book.co.za |date= |accessdate=2014-08-22}}</ref> |
'''Cynthia Jele''' is a South African [[novelist]]. Her novel ''Happiness is a Four-Letter Word'' won the 2011 [[Commonwealth Writers' Prize]] for Best First Book, Africa Region and the M-Net film prize at the 2011 [[M-Net Literary Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://book.co.za/blog/2011/03/04/aminatta-forna-and-cynthia-jele-win-the-2011-commonwealth-writers-prizes-africa-region/ |title=Aminatta Forna and Cynthia Jele Win the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prizes – Africa Region | Books LIVE |publisher=Book.co.za |date= |accessdate=2014-08-22}}</ref> |
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She grew up in [[Mpumalanga]]. She graduated from [[North Central College]], with a BA in International Business in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alumna Cynthia Jele wins Commonwealth Writers’ Prize|url=http://northcentralcollege.edu/news/alumna-cynthia-jele-wins-commonwealth-writers%E2%80%99-prize|publisher=North Central College|accessdate=6 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| |
She grew up in [[Mpumalanga]]. She graduated from [[North Central College]], with a BA in International Business in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alumna Cynthia Jele wins Commonwealth Writers’ Prize|url=http://northcentralcollege.edu/news/alumna-cynthia-jele-wins-commonwealth-writers%E2%80%99-prize|publisher=North Central College|accessdate=6 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Our Authors|url=http://www.kwela.com/authors/7814|title=Cynthia Jele |accessdate=10 November 2015}}</ref> Jele worked as a public health officer for the Mpumalanga Health Department, and then spent a year in the United States as an au pair. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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In 2006 Jele self-published a guide, "So You Wanna Be an Au Pair, What Your Agency Will Never Tell". <ref>{{cite web|title=Center for the Creative Arts|url=http://www.cca.ukzn.ac.za/index.php/tow-past-participants/45-tow-2012/227-cynthia-jele-south-africa|title=Cynthia Jele ||accessdate=15 Feb 2016}}</ref> According to her, she became a writer accidentally, after attending a session held by an American author, who made the audience work in a short writing exercise. The author read a passage from a book and asked the audience to complete the first two paragraphs. <ref>{{cite web |
In 2006 Jele self-published a guide, "So You Wanna Be an Au Pair, What Your Agency Will Never Tell". <ref>{{cite web|title=Center for the Creative Arts|url=http://www.cca.ukzn.ac.za/index.php/tow-past-participants/45-tow-2012/227-cynthia-jele-south-africa|title=Cynthia Jele ||accessdate=15 Feb 2016}}</ref> According to her, she became a writer accidentally, after attending a session held by an American author, who made the audience work in a short writing exercise. The author read a passage from a book and asked the audience to complete the first two paragraphs. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.africabookclub.com/?p=3194|title=Cynthia Jele on Winning Best First Book Award|publisher=Africa Book Club|accessdate=15 Feb 2016}}</ref> |
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She went on to live in the United Kingdom for a year. Upon her return to South Africa, Jele worked as a management consultant. She has recently established an economic development consultancy, Lombuso Consulting Group.In the 2008 BTA/Anglo-Platinum Short Story Competition, she won the 1st place. In 2011, she won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for the Best First Book in the African region for her novel “Happiness is a Four-letter Word.” This novel is a story about four female friends living in Johannesburg. The novel was also shortlisted for the 2011 Booksellers Choice Award. |
She went on to live in the United Kingdom for a year. Upon her return to South Africa, Jele worked as a management consultant. She has recently established an economic development consultancy, Lombuso Consulting Group.In the 2008 BTA/Anglo-Platinum Short Story Competition, she won the 1st place. In 2011, she won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for the Best First Book in the African region for her novel “Happiness is a Four-letter Word.” This novel is a story about four female friends living in Johannesburg. The novel was also shortlisted for the 2011 Booksellers Choice Award. |
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Cynthia Jele is a South African novelist. Her novel Happiness is a Four-Letter Word won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book, Africa Region and the M-Net film prize at the 2011 M-Net Literary Awards.[1]
She grew up in Mpumalanga. She graduated from North Central College, with a BA in International Business in 2003.[2][3] Jele worked as a public health officer for the Mpumalanga Health Department, and then spent a year in the United States as an au pair.
Career
In 2006 Jele self-published a guide, "So You Wanna Be an Au Pair, What Your Agency Will Never Tell". [4] According to her, she became a writer accidentally, after attending a session held by an American author, who made the audience work in a short writing exercise. The author read a passage from a book and asked the audience to complete the first two paragraphs. [5]
She went on to live in the United Kingdom for a year. Upon her return to South Africa, Jele worked as a management consultant. She has recently established an economic development consultancy, Lombuso Consulting Group.In the 2008 BTA/Anglo-Platinum Short Story Competition, she won the 1st place. In 2011, she won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for the Best First Book in the African region for her novel “Happiness is a Four-letter Word.” This novel is a story about four female friends living in Johannesburg. The novel was also shortlisted for the 2011 Booksellers Choice Award. She works as a management consultant, and lives in Johannesburg.[6]
Works
- Happiness is a Four-Letter Word, Kwela Books, 2010, ISBN 978-0-7957-0295-2
References
- ^ "Aminatta Forna and Cynthia Jele Win the 2011 Commonwealth Writers' Prizes – Africa Region | Books LIVE". Book.co.za. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ^ "Alumna Cynthia Jele wins Commonwealth Writers' Prize". North Central College. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ "Cynthia Jele". Our Authors. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ "Cynthia Jele". Retrieved 15 Feb 2016.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "Cynthia Jele on Winning Best First Book Award". Africa Book Club. Retrieved 15 Feb 2016.
- ^ "Our Authors | Cynthia Jele". Kwela. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
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