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Eben Venter is a South African novelist and short story writer. He was born in Burgersdorp, South Africa, on 29 September 1954. He studied at the University of the Orange Free State and the University of the Witwatersrand. He has published several novels and short story collections, including Die Wonderwerker (The Miracle Worker, 1994), Die Swye van die Skemering (The Shadow of the Evening, 1996), and Die Reisiger (The Traveller, 1998). He has also written for television and film. Venter has won several awards for his writing, including the CNA Literary Award for Die Swye van die Skemering, the M-Net Literary Award for Die Reisiger, and the Hertzog Prize for Die Wonderwerker. He was also awarded the Order of Ikhamanga in Silver by the South African government in 2008. Venter currently lives in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is married and has two children.

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Occupation Novelist
Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 29 September, 1954
Birthday 29 September
Birthplace Burgersdorp, South Africa
Nationality South Africa

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2011

The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University awarded him as an alumni achiever in November 2011. In 2012, he was writer-in-residence at Rhodes University. In 2018, Venter released his first book created in English instead of Afrikaans titled Green as the Sky Is Blue.

2010

He was awarded the M-Net Literary Award in 2010 for his book Santa Gamka.

On August 4, 2010, Venter was nominated for the M-Net Literary Award in the Afrikaans category for his book Santa Gamka.

2005

In 2005, Venter taught at Adam Mickiewicz University and Palacky University before becoming a writer-in-residency at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in 2007.

1986

Venter was raised on a farm in Eastern Cape. He went to Grey College in Bloemfontein before he was conscripted into the air force and served on the Angolan border. He obtained an MA in philosophy and worked as a journalist in Johannesburg before leaving South Africa in 1986, during the State of Emergency. He went to Australia where he worked as a chef in his sibling's café.