Diane Awerbuck

Diane Awerbuck is 'n Suid-Afrikaanse skryfster. Haar eerste roman, getiteld Gardening at Night, het in 2004 'n paar toekennings ontvang – die 'Commonwealth Writers' Prize', Beste Eerste Boek (Afrika en die Karibiese Eilande), en was ook op 'n kortlys vir die Internasionale Dublin IMPAC Toekenning.

In 2011 is haar versameling kortverhale getiteld Cabin Fever deur Random Struik gepubliseer. Haar boek Home Remedies is ook in Augustus 2012 gepubliseer. Diane was ook op 'n kortlys geplaas vir die Caine toekenning in 2014.

Diane het skoolgehou by Hoër Meisieskool Rustenburg tot en met 2002. Voor dit was sy 'n onderwyseres by Cedar House en AFDA, albei in die Kaap.
Van haar werke het in die in die Mail & Guardian verskyn  en sy doen ook werk vir die Sunday Times.

Haar opstelle en kortverhale word gereeld gepubliseer en van haar werke is reeds in Duits, Sweeds, Mandaryn en Russies vertaal. Haar tesis vir haar doktorsgraad met die titel The Spirit and the Letter: Trauma, Warblogs and the Public Sphere word tans verwerk in kreatiewe opstelle vir publikasie.

Werke

Boeke 
 Gardening at night, Secker & Warburg, 2003, ISBN 978-0-436-20610-8
 Home Remedies, Umuzi / Random House Struik, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4152-0144-2

Kortverhale 
 Cabin Fever, Umuzi / Random House Struik, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4152-0111-4

As Redakteur 
 Commissioning Editor of Anthology, 'The Ghost-Easter and Other Stories', Umuzi Cape Town, 2013, E-Pub 978-1-4152-0568-6 Onderhoude 
 Aerodrome Interview with Jennifer Malec, Jennifer Malec, (2013).

 Andere 
 Poem in Anthology, African Sun 
 Terra Incognita : African Speculative Fiction Twenty in 20 : The Best Short Stories of South Africa's 20 Years of Democracy Ons Klyntji:OK20 The Odyssey The Gonjon Pin and Other Stories Sweet Water Mami Wata The Sea Three Poems in Anthology Atlantis and Colposcopy The Ghost-Eater and Other Stories Ons Klyntji:Bewilderbeast Interview with Jennifer Malec Duiweltjie – The Root Cellar and Other Stories Short Story for Short Story Day Africa 2013 Big Issue : Collector's Edition 2 Stick Man Short story in Anthology Short story in Anthology Radio Broadcast on 'Tales to Terrify', USA Short Story Home Remedies Über(w)unden : Art in Troubled Times Short Story Day Africa Short Story excerpt
 Cabin Fever Heavenly shades of nights are falling Short story on literary magazine, 'Ons Klyntji'
 School photos Short story in Anthology, Elf 2009 Conference : African mythology: Mami Wata The Book Lounge, Cape Town
 2008 Kommst du mit?
 Entanglement
 The way you look tonight
 Muddy Waters, Whisky Blues
 Greenland
 Der Junge, der Turen offnete
 En stereo i Soweto
 The boy who opened doors
 Gardening at Night
 The Dirty Knees of the Mother of GodShort Story, Commonwealth Writers
 Everybody Hurts
 Gardening at Night
 The Portable Pilgrim Online Column, 2003–2008 – www.extrange.com

Tydskrif Bydraes 
 Leadership
 Glamour
 House and Garden
 Design Indaba
 Real simple
 O Magazine
 Ons Klyntji

Verwysings

Eksterne Bronne 
 Onderhoud met Diane Awerbuck ,
 Electric Book Works

Afrikaanse skrywers
Geboortes in 1974
Lewende mense