Cynthia Jele
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. In 2006 Jele self-published a guide, "So You Wanna Be an Au Pair, What Your Agency Will Never Tell". [4]
Afterwards, 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.” The novel was also shortlisted for the 2011 Booksellers Choice Award. She works as a management consultant, and lives in Johannesburg.[5]
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.
- ^ "Our Authors". Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ "Center for the Creative Arts". Retrieved 15 Feb 2016.
- ^ "Our Authors | Cynthia Jele". Kwela. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
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