Imraan coovadia biography sample

          Imraan Coovadia (born ) is a South African novelist, essayist, and academic....

          Imraan Coovadia

          South African novelist

          Imraan Coovadia

          Born1970
          Durban, South Africa
          OccupationWriter, Associate Professor (UCT), Director of Creative Writing Program (UCT)
          Period2001 -
          Notable worksHigh Low In-between, The Institute for Taxi Poetry, Tales of the Metric System

          Imraan Coovadia (born 1970) is a South African novelist, essayist, and academic.

          Imraan is the director of the creative writing programme at the University of Cape Town.

        1. Imraan is the director of the creative writing programme at the University of Cape Town.
        2. Imraan Coovadia is a writer and scholar who has been director of the University of Cape Town's Centre for Creative Writing since
        3. Imraan Coovadia (born ) is a South African novelist, essayist, and academic.
        4. Imraan Coovadia: author of The Wedding and Green-Eyed Thieves.
        5. Imraan Coovadia is the author of the novels The Wedding, Green-Eyed Thieves, High Low In-between, The Institute for Taxi Poetry, Tales of the Metric System.

          6. He is the director of the creative writing program at the University of Cape Town.[1] He has taught 19th-Century Studies and Creative Writing at a number of US universities. His debut novel, The Wedding, published simultaneously in the US and SA in 2001, has been translated into Hebrew and Italian.

          Background

          Imraan Coovadia was born in Durban, in 1970, South Africa to Jerry Coovadia and Zubie (Zubeida) Hamed. His father is a well-known AIDS activist, member of the UDF and doctor.[2] His mother is a dermatologist.

          He is a regular contributor to various newspapers,