Danila Botha

Danila Botha
Born 14 October 1982
Johannesburg, South Africa
Occupation Author
Language English, Hebrew, Afrikaans
Alma mater York University, Humber College School of Writers
Genre Literary Fiction
Website
www.danilabotha.com

Danila Botha is a South African-born, Canadian novelist, author of two short story collections and journalist.[1]

Personal life and work

Botha was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1982. She is Jewish, and is of Israeli and Lithuanian Jewish descent.[2] As well as English, she speaks Hebrew and Afrikaans. She moved to Toronto with her family as a teenager. She studied Creative Writing at York University, and at the Humber College School for Writers.[1]

She volunteered with Na-me-res and Ve’ahavta, organizations benefiting the homeless, which inspired many of the short stories in Got No Secrets, her first book, published by Tightrope Books in Canada in May 2010, and Modjaji Books in South Africa in 2012. The stories, which deal with addiction, abuse, suicide, and childhood, are journeys into the private lives of twelve women.[3][4]

Botha has lived in South Africa, Ra’anana, Israel and Halifax, Nova Scotia, all of which informed her character’s experiences in her debut novel.[5] Too Much on the Inside, which was published in May 2015 by Quattro Books, follows four newcomers to Toronto who struggle with their pasts, their new home and falling in love.[6][7]

Too Much on the Inside was reviewed by Quill and Quire Magazine,[8] The Literary Review of Canada,[9] and Book Clubbish.[10] Botha's novel was described as an "extraordinary...narrative, which... reveals a deep understanding of human nature."[8] and writing which contains "an admirable freshness and enthusiasm."[9] It won a Book Excellence Award for Contemporary Novel in 2016.[11]

Her second collection of short stories, For All the Men (and Some of the Women) I've Known, was published in October 2016 by Tightrope Books.[1] It received a starred review in Quill and Quire Magazine,[12] who called it her "most triumphant work to date." The Toronto Star praised her "fine talent for putting emphasis in unexpected places."[13] She is currently working on a new novel and on a new collection of short stories.[14][15] She is also working on her MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Guelph.[16] She has contributed to the National Post’s the Afterword,[17] The Huffington Post[18] and the 49th Shelf[19] and she was the Writer in Residence for Open Book in September 2016.[20] She will be teaching at Humber College's School for Writers in 2017.[21]

She lives in Toronto with her husband and son.[2]

Bibliography

Short Story Collections

Novels

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 "Danila Botha". www.danilabotha.com. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  2. 1 2 TAG TV (2016-01-17), Novelists Danila Botha Vernon shares her writing experience of Living Multiculturalism @TAGTV, retrieved 2016-01-21
  3. ↑ "Got No Secrets | Danila Botha | Tightrope Books". tightropebooks.com. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  4. ↑ "Got No Secrets | Modjaji Books". www.modjajibooks.co.za. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  5. ↑ Carter, Sue (May 21, 2015). "Beneath the violence, debut novel is a tender love story". Toronto Metro. p. 29.
  6. ↑ "Too Much on the Inside | Quattro Books". quattrobooks.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  7. ↑ "Spring preview 2015: novels | Quill and Quire - Part 3". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  8. 1 2 "Too Much on the Inside | Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  9. 1 2 "New Neighbours | Literary Review of Canada". Literary Review of Canada. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  10. ↑ "Celebrate Canada Day with These Debut Novels". www.bookclubbish.com. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  11. ↑ "Too Much On the Inside – Winner | Book Excellence Awards". bookexcellenceaward.com. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  12. ↑ "For All the Men (and Some of the Women) I've Known | Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire. 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  13. ↑ "Love in a time of Tinder | Toronto Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  14. ↑ Up, All Lit. "(Women's) Writer's Block: Danila Botha". alllitup.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  15. ↑ "Storybrain: Eight Questions for Danila Botha". ALIX HAWLEY. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  16. ↑ "Fall Reading: Danila Botha & Owain Nicholson". MFA in Creative Writing: University of Guelph. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  17. ↑ "Danila Botha | National Post". National Post. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  18. ↑ "Danila Botha". www.huffingtonpost.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  19. ↑ "Danila Botha, Authors at The 49th Shelf". 49thshelf.com. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  20. ↑ "Danila Botha | Open Book". open-book.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  21. ↑ Arts, Creative & Performing. "Danila Botha". creativearts.humber.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-19.

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