Penny Busetto is a South African writer known for her 2014 novel ''The Story of Anna P, as Told by Herself''. ''The Story of Anna P, as Told by Herself'' was awarded the 2013
European Union Literary Award[ as well as the 2014 University of Johannesburg Debut Prize,]Etisalat Prize for Literature
The 9mobile Prize for Literature (formerly the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2013–16) was created by Etisalat Nigeria in 2013, as "the first ever pan-African prize celebrating first-time African writers of published fiction books". .Durban
Durban ( ; , from meaning "bay, lagoon") is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the Provinces of South Africa, province of KwaZulu-Natal.
Situated on the east coast of South ...
, South Africa, and grew up in Cape Town
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.[ She is currently pursuing her doctorate in English and psychology, and has stated that the title character of her ]debut novel
A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes. Debut novels are often the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to pu ...
, ''Anna P'', is somewhat inspired by Anna O
Bertha Pappenheim (27 February 1859 – 28 May 1936) was an Austrian-Jewish feminist, a social pioneer, and the founder of the Jewish Women's Association (). Under the pseudonym Anna O., she was also one of Josef Breuer's best-documented pat ...
, one of the first people to undergo psychoanalysis.
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South African women novelists
Writers from Durban
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century South African novelists
21st-century South African women writers
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