Background
Retief grew up in South Africa"s Kruger National Park, where his father was a park warden.
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Glen Retief
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Education
He later attended a boarding school before studying English at the University of Cape Town.
Career
The Jack Bank was also an Africa Book Club Book of 2011. As an anti-apartheid and LGBT rights activist in the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was part of the group that successfully lobbied for sexual orientation to be included in the Constitution of South Africa as a prohibited grounds of discrimination. His essay "Keeping Sodom Out of the Laager" appeared in Defiant Desire, an influential anthology of South African LGBT writing published in 1996.
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Awards
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Lambda Literary Award Lambda Literary Award
Lambda Literary Awards (also known as the 'Lammys') are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes.Lambda Literary Awards (also known as the 'Lammys') are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes.