Eben Venter is an Afrikaans-speaking writer who was born in Burgersdorp in South Africa and has lived in Australia, Japan and the Netherlands.
He published thirteen works of fiction (novels, short story collections and a cookbook).
He obtained an MA in Philosophy and worked as a journalist in Johannesburg before leaving South Africa in 1986, during the State of Emergency.
[3] On August 4, 2010, Venter was nominated for the M-Net Literary Award in the Afrikaans category for his book Santa Gamka.
[1] In 2018, Venter released his first book created in English instead of Afrikaans titled Green as the sky is blue.