Ian Holding
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Ian Holding (born Neal Hovelmeier;
Holding's second novel, Of Beasts and Beings (Simon & Schuster), an allegory on the nature of "white guilt" and colonialism was released in August 2010 and received favourable reviews for its blend of realism, postmodernism and metafictional techniques. The influential American writer Alice Sebold described the novel as "merciless, poetic and beautiful". The novel was released as one of the inaugural titles of a new imprint of the American publisher Europa Editions in November 2011.
His third novel, What Happened to Us, was published by Little Island Press in 2018.[5]
In addition to being a Hawthornden Fellow, Ian Holding frequently contributes articles and essays to prominent journals and newspapers and is also a short-story writer.
A native Harare, Zimbabwe, he fled the country after being outed as gay.[6]
References
- ^ "Neal Hovelmeier". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- TheGuardian.com. 7 August 2005.
- ^ http://www.michielheyns.co.za/documents/Unfeeling.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Dylan Thomas Prize - Shortlist 2006". Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ "What Happened To Us". Goodreads. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ Writer, Colleen Walsh Harvard Staff (27 January 2020). "Outed educator and novelist Hovelmeier flees Zimbabwe". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
External links
- Ian Holding's official website
- Author Revealed: Ian Holding, Simon & Schuster