Michael Cawood Green is a South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n born academic and writer.

As a researcher he is most noted for his monograph, Novel Histories which explores the uses of history in South African fiction. He is the author of two works of historical fiction, Sinking: A Verse Novella about the 1964 Blyvooruitzicht sinkhole disaster, and For the Sake of Silence about the Trappists

Trappists

The Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance , or Trappists, is a Roman Catholic religious order of cloistered contemplative monks who follow the Rule of St. Benedict...

 in South Africa.


Michael Green's fiction forms part of a 'new wave' of writing (see also Zakes Mda

Zakes Mda

Zakes Mda , legally Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda , is a South African novelist, poet and playwright. He has won major South African and British literary awards for his novels and plays.-Early life and education:...

, Ivan Vladislavic

Ivan Vladislavic

Ivan Vladislaviċ is a South African short story writer and novelist of Croatian origin. He lives in Johannesburg where he also works as an editor. In the eighties he worked as a fiction and social studies editor at Ravan Press...

, J. M. Coetzee) which explores the altered landscape of Post-apartheid South Africa. His work, as noted critic Leon de Kock puts it, "...speaks to the muteness of history, ... that ruptures the silence of time past, and further, ...talks so very eloquently about those who would not speak at all..."http://michaelcawoodgreen.com/index_files/Page967.htm(Review: Leon de Kok, Sunday Times online, 15 June 2008)

Michael Green is currently Professor in English and Creative Writing at Northumbria University

Northumbria University

Northumbria University is an academic institution located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England. It is a member of the University Alliance.- History :...

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For The Sake of Silence

Winner of the 2009 Olive Schreiner Prize http://news.book.co.za/blog/2010/04/21/michael-cawood-green-wins-the-olive-schreiner-prize-for-prose-for-for-the-sake-of-silence/

J. M. Coetzee writes, “Of the Trappist enterprise in nineteenth-century South Africa, with all its passionate personal rivalries and Byzantine internal politics, Michael Cawood Green has made a work of history cum fiction that will grip and sometimes amaze the reader.”http://www.quartetbooks.co.uk/bookpages/forthesakeofsilence.html