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The book was translated by writer and poet Toast Coetzer. It took Schorr two years to complete <i>Strange Fish<\/i> and Coetzer five months to translate it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schorr said he was invited to submit the manuscript to the SA Independent Publishers Awards, which takes place at the Boekbedonnerd Festival in Richmond, Karoo every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe manuscript was accepted and I travelled to the festival at the end of my IndieBookTour.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being a first-time novelist Schorr said he did not expect this win at all. \u201cWhat made it extra special was that the ceremony took place on my birthday,\u201d he said. \u201cI took the win and the date too as huge motivation that what I\u2019m doing is worthwhile. 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