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Lionel Abrahams (South Africa, 1928–2004) Lionel Abrahams was born in Johannesburg in 1928 of Jewish immigrants from Lithuania. … |
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Tatamkhulu Afrika (Egypt, 1920–2002) Novelist and prize-winning poet, Tatamkhulu Afrika was born in Egypt in 1920 and came … |
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Gabeba Baderoon (South Africa, 1969) Gabeba Baderoon (Cape Town, 1969) is an internationally published poet. Her work has … |
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Robert Berold (South Africa, 1948) Robert Berold was born in Johannesburg in 1948, the oldest of three brothers. He … |
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Vonani Bila (South Africa, 1972) The fifth in a family of eight children, Vonani Bila was born and grew up in … |
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Nadine Botha (South Africa, 1979) Nadine Botha was born in 1979 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, and holds an Honours … |
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Yvette Christiansë (South Africa, 1954) Yvette Christiansë is a South African-born poet and novelist whose writing explores the … |
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Michael Cope (South Africa, 1952) Michael Cope was born in Cape Town in 1952. His father was the distinguished novelist … |
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Patrick Cullinan (South Africa, 1932–2011) Patrick Cullinan spent most of his life writing verse. Born in Pretoria in 1932, he … |
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Isobel Dixon (South Africa, 1969) Isobel Dixon was born in Umtata, South Africa, and grew up in the Karoo. She studied in … |
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Angifi Proctor Dladla (South Africa, 1950) Angifi Proctor Dladla was born on 24 November 1950 in Thaka township in Gauteng, … |
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Finuala Dowling (South Africa, 1962) Born in Cape Town in 1962, Finuala was the seventh of eight children of radio … |
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Stephen Gray (South Africa, 1941) Stephen Gray is a giant of the South African literary landscape. One of the country’s … |
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Mafika Pascal Gwala (South Africa, 1946) Mafika Pascal Gwala was born on 5 October 1946 in Verulam, outside Durban. The second … |
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Dorian Haarhoff (South Africa, 1944) Dorian Haarhoff, a South African/Namibian poet, facilitates creative writing and … |
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Ronelda Kamfer (South Africa, 1981) Ronelda S Kamfer has entered Afrikaans literature like a Guy Fawkes’ rocket at … |
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Keorapetse Kgositsile (South Africa, 1938) Born in 1938, Keorapetse ‘Willie’ Kgositsile left South Africa in 1961 as one of the … |
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Rustum Kozain (South Africa, 1966) Rustum Kozain was born, raised and schooled in Paarl, Western Cape and studied English … |
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Antjie Krog (South Africa, 1952) Antjie Krog was born in 1952 and grew up on a farm in the Kroonstad District of the … |
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Mazisi Kunene (South Africa, 1930–2006) The heritage of Kunene, this great spokesman,is without a doubt indispensable to … |
Mzi Mahola (South Africa, 1949) “Mahola’s tone is intensely private, usually meditated and somber; and his style has a … |
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Lucas Malan (South Africa, 1946–2010) Born in Nylstroom on the 19th July 1946 in the Northern Transvaal, now known as … |
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Chris Mann (South Africa, 1948) Chris Mann, a South African of English, Dutch and Irish descent, was born in Port … |
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Danie Marais (South Africa, 1971) Danie Marais was born in Kimberley in 1971, went to school in Pretoria and studied at … |
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Loftus Marais (South Africa, 1982) Loftus Marais was born in 1982 in Paarl, a small town just a forty-minute drive from … |
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Bongekile Joyce Mbanjwa (South Africa, 1962) Bongekile Joyce Mbanjwa was born in Pietermarizburg in 1962. She attended Zwartkop … |
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Joan Metelerkamp (South Africa, 1956) Joan Metelerkamp was born in 1956, and grew up with her three brothers in the … |
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Nontsizi Mgqwetho (South Africa, Unknown) Nontsizi Mgqwetho lived on the Witwatersrand goldfields in South Africa, but looked … |
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Gcina Mhlophe (South Africa, 1959) Nokugcina Elsie Mhlophe was born on 24 October 1958 in Hammarsdale to a Xhosa mother … |
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Isabella Motadinyane (South Africa, 1963–2003) Isabella Motadinyane was born in 1963 in Mofolo Central, Soweto. She completed classes … |
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Seitlhamo Motsapi (South Africa, 1966) Seitlhamo Motsapi’s poetry has been widely published both on-line and in print. It has … |
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S.E.K. Mqhayi (South Africa, 1875–1945) Samuel Edward Krune Loliwe Ngxekengxeke Mqhayi was born in Gqumashe in Alice, Transkei, … |
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Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali (South Africa, 1940) Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali was born in Kwabhanya (Vryheid), KwaZulu-Natal in 1940. After … |
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Petra Müller (South Africa, 1935) Petra Müller was born in 1935 in the small enclave of Botrivier, where her father was … |
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Charl-Pierre Naudé (South Africa, 1958) Charl-Pierre Naudé (1958) is one of the most interesting living South African … |
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Gert Vlok Nel (South Africa, 1963) The South African poet/singer Gert Vlok Nel (Beaufort-Wes, 1963) is an odd man out in … |
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Mxolisi Nyezwa (South Africa, 1967) Mxolisi Nyezwa is the editor of Kotaz, a truly multilingual South African … |
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H.J. Pieterse (South Africa, 1960) H.J. Pieterse was born in Wageningen, the Netherlands. At an early age he emigrated to … |
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Karen Press (South Africa, 1956) Karen Press was born in Cape Town, South Africa. She has worked as a teacher of … |
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Lesego Rampolokeng (South Africa, 1965) Lesego Rampolokeng was born in Orlando West, Soweto, Johannesburg. He studied law at … |
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Mongane Wally Serote (South Africa, 1944) Mongane Wally Serote was born in Sophiatown on 8 May 1944, just four years before the … |
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Adam Small (South Africa, 1936) Adam Small was born on the 21st of December 1936 in Wellington in the Boland region of … |
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Kelwyn Sole (South Africa, 1951) In 1951, Kelwyn Sole was born into a lower-middle-class Johannesburg family. In a 1994 … |
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Wilma Stockenström (South Africa, 1933) For the past four decades Wilma Johanna Stockenström has been enriching Afrikaans … |