Michael Cawood Green

Michael Cawood Green (born 10 April 1954) is a South African born academic and writer. Green is most noted for his monograph, Novel Histories which explores the uses of history in South African fiction. Quotes I am fascinated by, and have written on, literal and cultural translation. Green said this during an interview with LitNet A comma is a political act, in certain circumstances. Green said this during an interview with LitNet Writing fiction is telling the deepest truth you know through otherness. Green said this during an interview with LitNet I only know that when one is writing truly creatively, one works in images, not ideas. Green said this during an interview with LitNet This book has been so thoroughly written and rewritten that I do think I have weighed every word: certainly this is my ideal way of writing. Green said this during an interview with LitNet Travelling is the very nature of fiction. Green said this during an interview with LitNet In essence fiction is about the challenge of otherness. Green said this during an interview with LitNet Specific examples, researched and examined in detail, are enormously telling, generalities blur into the banal. Green said this during an interview with LitNet I am terrified that this may define me as a writer. Green Made this statement during an interview with LitNet I love Austin, Texas, as much as London or York, Durban as much as any of these. Green said this during an interview with LitNet I did want to create a ‘thick’ sense of history, a story steeped in its time that resists easy modern appropriation. Green said this during an interview with LitNet It is the ‘otherness’ of fiction that interests me. Green said this during an interview with LitNet I felt no need for permission as such. Green said this during an interview with LitNet I’m very excited by the script. Green said this during an interview with LitNet External links Category:Living people Category:1954 births Category:Academics from South Africa Category:Novelists from South Africa Category:Historical novelists