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Debut novel, The Goat Herder published by Lulu Inc./Dec 2010. Short story, Be My Guest, published in The Arlington Journal, Issue 49, 6/12/2011. Winner of The Julius Robinson Scholarship for Literature and Ceritificate of Merit. Masters in Linguistics and Literature (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg).
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Stewart Ronen Kaplan, who goes by his pen-name Stewart Ronen, was born and raised in South Africa. When he was 14-years-old he emigrated with his family to Israel where he lived for 4 years on Kibbutz Givat Brenner where he also attended high school. On his return to Johannesburg, he attended the University of the Witwatersrand where he earned Honours and Masters degrees in Linguistics, Hebrew and Russian. After graduation, he travelled to the USA and Europe, found love in The Netherlands and stayed there for 19 years. He has subsequently returned to South Africa and now lives in Cape Town. His work has appeared in The Arlington Journal, The Cape Chronicle, Gulf News, The Kalahari Review and elsewhere. He is the recipient of a Julius Robinson Scholarship and a Certificate of Merit in Literature. He is the author of the novel The Goat Herder (December 2010) and the short story Be My Guest. His second novel, Under Philadelphi Road, is under review with publishers and literary agents.
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Birth Place
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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Accomplishments
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Julius Robinson Scholarship
Certficate of Merit for Literature
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Additional Information
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An excerpt of The Goat Herder will be published in two parts in The Kalahari Review beginning of May. Stewart Ronen's second novel, Under Philadelphi Road, is complete and under review by agents and publishers. His short, Be My Guest, has been published in The Arlington Journal.
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Stewart Ronen, author
see also Stewart's blog: www.stewartronen.blogspot.com
Stewart Ronen's blog
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