{{Short description|South African novelist and poet}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Tom Dreyer | image = TomDreyerAuthorPhotograph.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1972|11|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Author, Software Developer | nationality = South African | magnum opus = | influences = | influenced = }}

'''Tom Dreyer''' (born 17 November 1972) is a South African novelist and poet, writing in both English and Afrikaans.<ref name=":0">{{cite web| url=http://www.nb.co.za/Authors/1672 |title=Tom Dreyer: Biographical info |publisher=NB Publishers |access-date=11 October 2016}}</ref>

He went to school in Stellenbosch, and studied at the University of Stellenbosch and the University of Cape Town. He is an alumnus of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa <ref>{{cite web | url=https://iwp.uiowa.edu/writers/tom-dreyer | title=Tom Dreyer | website=iwp.uiowa.edu | access-date=11 October 2016}}</ref> and has been writer-in-residence at universities and institutes across the world.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tomdreyer.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/bio/ | title=Tom Dreyer - Bio | website=tomdreyer.wordpress.com | date=August 2011 | access-date=14 October 2016}}</ref>

He made his writing debut in the poetry anthology ''Nuwe Stemme'' (Tafelberg Publishers, 1997) and a number of his poems were subsequently included in the anthology ''Afrikaanse Poësie in ‘n Duisend en Enkele Gedigte'' (1999), compiled by Gerrit Komrij.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.stellenboschwriters.com/dreyert.html | title=Tom Dreyer | website=stellenboschwriters.com | access-date=11 October 2016}}</ref>

Dreyer has hitherto been better known for his prose work, which has been awarded or shortlisted for significant South African literary awards.<ref name="ak_1909">{{cite web | url=http://www.akademie.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Akademiepryse_1909.pdf | title=Akademiepryse 1909 | publisher=akademie.co.za | access-date=11 October 2016 | language = Afrikaans}}</ref> His last collection of stories, Kodachrome, was published in August 2022 and has garnered rave reviews.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/kunste/boeke/die-gooislag-met-woorde-voer-leser-mee-20220731?fbclid=IwAR0i7-uCdLv0MT015jn3Vb5v3XbZjJUUDJcbLgXyrfIBpgUeydtf_EQ4sA0 | title=Die gooislag met woorde voer die leser mee | website=netwerk24.com | access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/kunste/boeke/boeke-tom-dreyer-se-uitsonderlike-in-die-alledaagse-20220724 | title=Tom Dreyer se uitsonderlike in die alledaagse | website=netwerk24.com | access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61653635-kodachrome | title=Kodachrome - Tom Dreyer | website=www.goodreads.com | access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref>

In 2023 his first collection of poems, ''Nou in infrarooi'', was published. It was awarded the ATKV Poetry Prize in 2024 <ref name="netwerk24.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/kunste/boeke/tom-dreyer-wen-atkv-poesieprys-vir-sy-debuut-20240919 | title=Tom Dreyer wen ATKV-poësieprys vir sy debuut | website=www.netwerk24.com | access-date=13 January 2025}}</ref> and was shortlisted for the UJ Prize for Afrikaans.<ref name="UJ-debuutprys nie vanjaar toegeken">{{cite web | url=https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/kunste/boeke/uj-debuutprys-nie-vanjaar-toegeken-uj-prys-wel-20240614 | title=UJ-debuutprys nie vanjaar toegeken, UJ-prys wel | website=www.netwerk24.com | access-date=13 January 2025}}</ref> Fanie Olivier called it "perhaps the most impressive debut of the past decade or two",<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/kunste/boeke/fotonegatief-wat-n-ander-werklikheid-bring-20230611 | title=‘Fotonegatief’ wat ’n ander werklikheid bring | website=www.netwerk24.com | access-date=13 January 2025}}</ref> while Charl-Pierre Naudé hailed it as "one of the most surprising and invigorating tours de force in the history of the Afrikaans poetry debut".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.litnet.co.za/nou-in-infrarooi-deur-tom-dreyer-n-litnet-akademies-resensie-essay | title=Nou in infrarooi deur Tom Dreyer: ’n LitNet Akademies-resensie-essay | website=www.litnet.co.za | access-date=13 January 2025}}</ref>

==Novels== *''Erdvarkfontein'', Tafelberg Publishers (1998) *''Stinkafrikaners'', Tafelberg Publishers(2000) *''Equatoria'', Tafelberg Publishers (2006) *''Dorado'', Penguin Random House (2016) *''The Long Wave'', Penguin Random House (2016)

==Short stories== *''Polaroid'', Tafelberg Publishers(2007) *''Kodachrome'', Protea (2022)

==Poetry== *''Nou in infrarooi'', Kwela Publishers(2023)

==Awards== *1998 M-Net Bursary<ref>{{cite web | url=http://joanhambidge.blogspot.co.za/2013/03/izak-de-vries-kom-slag-n-bees-1998.html | title=Izak de Vries - Kom slag n bees | website=joanhambidge.blogspot.co.za | date=24 March 2013 | access-date=11 October 2016}}</ref> *2001 Eugène Marais Prize for ''Stinkafrikaners''<ref name="ak_1909" /> *2007 ''Equatoria'' shortlisted for the M-Net Literary Prize<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/M-Net+Book+Prize+Short+List | title=Book awards: M-Net Book Prize Short List | website=librarything.com | access-date=11 October 2016}}</ref> *2017 ''Dorado'' shortlisted for the University of Johannesburg Fiction Prize (Afrikaans)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://maroelamedia.co.za/afrikaans/boeke/uj-prys-se-kortlys-bekendgemaak/ | title=Book awards: UJ-prize shortlist | website=maroelamedia.co.za | access-date=5 June 2016}}</ref> *2017 ''Dorado'' shortlisted for the KykNet/Rapport Film Prize<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.litnet.co.za/kyknet-rapport-boekpryse-kortlyste-aangekondig/ | title=kykNET-Rapport Boekpryse: Kortlyste aangekondig | website=www.litnet.co.za | access-date=17 January 2017}}</ref> *2017 ''The Long Wave'' longlisted for the Sunday Times Literary Awards Fiction Prize<ref>{{cite web | url=http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2017/04/03/2017-barry-ronge-fiction-prize-longlist/ | title=Book awards: Barry Ronge Fiction Prize shortlist | website=bookslive.co.za | access-date=5 June 2016}}</ref> *2019 Tom Dreyer's poem ''Slaap jy solank dan hou ek die fort'' won the Afrikaans category of the AVBOB national poetry competition.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://versindaba.co.za/2020/07/25/nini-bennett-n-vriend-n-broer/ | title=Tom Dreyer - broer, vriend | website=versindaba.co.za | date=25 July 2020 | access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref> *2024 ATKV Poetry Prize for ''Nou in infrarooi''<ref name="netwerk24.com"/> *2024 ''Nou in infrarooi'' shortlisted for UJ Prize for Afrikaans<ref name="UJ-debuutprys nie vanjaar toegeken"/> *2007 ''Nou in infrarooi'' longlisted for the South African Literary Award: Poetry<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/2024-south-african-literary-awards-celebrates-19-years-of-literary-excellence-longlist-revealed-257457a | title=2024 South African Literary Awards celebrates 19 years of literary excellence, longlist revealed | website=www.bizcommunity.com | access-date=17 January 2025}}</ref>

==References== <references/>

==External links== * [http://www.tomdreyer.info Tom Dreyer website] * [http://www.penguinrandomhouse.co.za/author/tom-dreyer Author's page at Penguin Random House] * [https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/04/26/linguistic-apartheid Excerpt from essay in Foreign Policy Magazine] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmgypOv6FNs Interview with Tom Dreyer at The Long Wave & Dorado launch party]

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