Guro Jabulisile Sibeko (born 22 June 1975) is a Norwegian novelist, non-fiction writer and activist.
She was born to a Norwegian mother and South African father, a refugee from apartheid regime who had also fallen out with the ANC. She grew up in Rælingen, until joining the Blitz movement and becoming a squatter as a teenager.[1]
Educated in Nordic languages and literature at the University of Oslo,[1] she has issued the novels Vingespenn (Gyldendal, 2009), Ctrl + Alt + Delete (Gyldendal, 2010) and Jeg kan oppløse mørket (Juritzen, 2013) and the children's books Blodmånenatta (Cappelen Damm, 2011) and Ildulven (Cappelen Damm, 2012). She followed with a biography on her father Krigerhjerte (2013)[2] and an anti-racist book Rasismens poetikk (2019).[1]
Openly lesbian, she has been deputy leader of the National Association for Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender People.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Brandvold, Åse (20 June 2020). "Et kjempende hjerte". Klassekampen (in Norwegian). pp. 34–36.
- ^ Forfatterkatalogen
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