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Leon De Kock

A love for writing and women
Article
/ 24 May 2019

A love for writing and women

Renowned South African author André Brink pursued love as voraciously as he wrote

By Shaun De Waal
Post-liberation writing plays hide-and-seek with plot
Article
/ 23 April 2015

Post-liberation writing plays hide-and-seek with plot

What is the real issue facing South African writers after apartheid?

By Leon de Kock
Win pulls Ivan Vladislavic out of the margins
Article
/ 5 March 2015

Win pulls Ivan Vladislavic out of the margins

The author’s recent R1.5-million Windham Campbell award for fiction could not have come sooner, writes Leon de Kock.

By Leon de Kock
The SA Lit issue won’t go away
Article
/ 22 August 2014

The SA Lit issue won’t go away

Where to now for the South African writer of fiction in English? asks Leon de Kock.

By Leon de Kock
Act puts noose around the internet’s neck
Analysis
/ 19 October 2012

Act puts noose around the internet’s neck

A badly drafted law easily allows anyone to censor the content of websites hosted in South Africa, writes Leon de Kock

By Leon de Kock
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Article
/ 6 May 2011

High noon in the badlands

Mike Nicol’s revenge trilogy is more socially relevant than most literary SA fiction, writes <b>Leon de Kock</b>

By Leon de Kock
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Article
/ 11 March 2011

Why rage is inevitable

Publishing is like a busy highway on which there are so many different types of drivers and crashes are common .

By Leon de Kock
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Article
/ 25 August 2010

Going after the real thing

<b>Leon de Kock</b> walks the line between the real and the "real" in South African writing.

By Leon de Kock
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Article
/ 25 August 2009

Grim land of animals and survivors

Leon de Kock reports on the violent Arcadia in South African fiction, as seen in Alistair Morgan’s <i>Sleeper’s Wake</i>

By Leon de Kock
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Article
/ 7 November 2008

Leaving the forefront of African lit

Literary great Es’kia Mphahlele will pass on his intellectual legacy to many generations to come.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 30 June 2008

Politics of publishing

Leon de Kock looks back on a recent colloquium held at Wits University which focused on the role of publishers in non-fiction.

By Staff Reporter

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