Nathan Trantraal

Nathan Trantraal is a poet, cartoonist, translator, screenwriter, critic and short story author originally from Cape Town. He has made cartoons for The Cape Times, The Cape Argus, Vrye Weekblad and writes a bi-weekly column for Rapport. His work has been exhibited in Cape Town, Munich and Amsterdam and poetry translated into French and published by Lanskine Paris 2020. Nathan holds a Masters Degree in Creative writing from Rhodes University. He is currently a lecturer at Rhodes University at the School of Languages, where he specializes in Kaapse Afrikaans and the graphic novel. Awards he’s won includes, the Ingrid Jonker Prize for poetry and The Jan Rabie/Marjorie Wallace prize for a graphic novel.