Rose Zwi
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Rose Zwi (born 1928) is a South African writer best known for her work about the immigrants in that country. Born in Oaxaco, Mexico to Jewish refugees from Lithuania, her family moved to South Africa when she was a young girl. Zwi lived briefly in Israel, but returned to South Africa until 1988 when she relocated to Australia. She became an Australian citizen in 1992 and now lives in New South Wales.
[edit] Works
- Another Year in Africa (1980). Winner of the Olive Schreiner Prize.
- Exiles: A Novel (1984)
- The Inverted Pyramid: A Novel (1981)
- Last Walk in Naryshkin Park
- Safe Houses
- Speak the Truth, Laughing nine stories and a novella, House Arrest
- The Umbrella Tree
[edit] Further Reading
- Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature
