Deon Meyer: African Crime Fiction Icon
Generation Africa
English - August 20, 2020 19:33 - 54 minutes - 50.4 MBBusiness News africa entrepreneur arts sport game changers business conservation safari zimbabwe south africa Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
“It’s an extremely lonely process…nobody knows what’s happening in my world and I don’t want to tell people what I’m writing because hopefully they’ll read the book and I’ll spoil it. So, it’s not only you are alone in this world, but you can’t really talk so nobody can relate.”
Deon Meyer
To kick off the series Tim speaks to Deon Meyer, an award winning South African crime fiction author and screen writer.
Deon is a powerhouse of African crime fiction and his books have been translated from Afrikaans into 27 languages and have been published in more than 40 countries worldwide.
Deon has recreated and reimagined the crime fiction genre in the African context. His gritty, raw and incredibly detailed novels paint a unique and hyper real picture of modern-day South Africa.
We chat about his books, Trackers, the TV series based on one of his books, his childhood growing up in South Africa, how he got into writing, his writing techniques, and his love for South Africa.
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You can check Deon out on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and his webpage
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