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BiographyTiyo Soga
… yet unpublished) is an important landmark in South African literature. Soga's translation of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress …
Zimbabwean Transitions: Essays on Zimbabwean Literature in English, Ndebele and Shona edited by Mbongeni Z. Malaba and Goeffrey V. Davis
… Zimbabwean Transitions: Essays on Zimbabwean Literature in English, Ndebele and Shona … Zimbabwean Transitions: Essays on Zimbabwean Literature in English,…
Albert Camus, French philosopher and receiver of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1957, is born in Algeria.
… French philosopher and receiver of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1957, is born in Algeria. …
John Christoffel Kannemeyer, expert in Afrikaans literature and author of several biographies of Afrikaans writers, is born in
… John Christoffel Kannemeyer, expert in Afrikaans literature and author of several biographies of Afrikaans …
Nadine Gordimer, SA author and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991, is born in Springs.
… Gordimer, SA author and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991, is born in Springs. …
BiographySusanna Helena Kok
… Leiker, made her first important contribution to medical literature when she identified and described another skin … Kok made significant contributions to…
BiographyMolefe Pheto
… member and spokesperson of the Music, Drama, Arts and Literature Institute (MDALI) that was based in Soweto, and … state, as this affected all aspects of…
BiographyNadine Gordimer
… life. Gordimer has been awarded 10 honorary doctorates in literature from various universities around the world. She … a fine eye and sophisticated taste for…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… for creative writing and post graduate work in English literature; the EOC Scholarship to the Vrije Universiteit in … The House Of Love (novel)* ● Weapons Of…
Esmé Berman
… Berman gave evening classes in culture, architecture, literature at in the Hillbrow Study Centre. It was through … of the Witwatersrand honored Berman with a…
BiographyJohn Maxwell Coetzee
… sensitively: "an uncommon occurrence in South African literature which, as part of the legacy of a divided society, … in Austin, where he completed a…
BiographyDaniel Kunene
… the UW Madison in the Department of African Languages and Literature for 33 years, Kunene also taught at the University … 2013, when Kunene was awarded an…
BiographyMazisi Raymond Kunene
… He eventually became Professor of African Languages and Literature at that campus, a, post that he held until his … deeply rooted in the oral traditions and…
Willem Jacobus du Plooy Erlank (Eitemal), poet and professor in Afrikaans and Dutch literature at the University of Stellenbosc
… (Eitemal), poet and professor in Afrikaans and Dutch literature at the University of Stellenbosc …
Mattheus Uys Krige, author, dramatist, poet and five times winner of the “Akademieprys” award for translated literature, is bor
… times winner of the “Akademieprys” award for translated literature, is bor …
BiographyWilliam Wellington Gqoba
… of the Xhosa to Christianity and in the history of Xhosa literature. During his final illness, Gqoba had a vision of …
BiographyAlex la Guma
… the first to receive the prestigious Lotus Prize for literature by the Afro-Asian Writer’s Association. La Guma’s … used as a text by Soviet students…
Prof Petrus Johannes Nienaber, author and expert in literature, and collector of two complete sets of Afrikaans books, is born
… Prof Petrus Johannes Nienaber, author and expert in literature, and collector of two complete sets of Afrikaans …
BiographyZanemvula Kizito Mda
… him to a post at Mabathoana High School, Maseru teaching Literature in English, and then from 1972 to 1979 to various … adding the degree of Bachelor Fine…
BiographyBenedict Wallet Vilakazi
… African in the Union to receive the degree of doctor of literature. He died on 26 October 1947 in Johannesburg. If …
BiographyArthur Nuthall Fula
… Afrikaans Literatur (South Africa as mirrored in Afrikaans literature, 1965), some of Fula’s unpublished works mentioned … Arts, Culture and Recreation, the…
BiographyJan Celliers
… wife. He moved with his family to Europe where he studied Literature. Back in South Africa in 1907 he was employed at …
ArchiveTheoria: a journal of studies in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences No.68 1986: literature in South Africa today, Special issue
… in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences No.68 1986: literature in South Africa today, Special issue …
Lydia van Niekerk, professor of literature and first woman to be appointed to the chair at the University of Stellenbosch, is b
… Lydia van Niekerk, professor of literature and first woman to be appointed to the chair at …
Lydia van Niekerk, professor of literature and first woman to be appointed to the chair at the University of Stellenbosch, dies
… Lydia van Niekerk, professor of literature and first woman to be appointed to the chair at …
Dr Benedict Wallet Vilakazi, poet and writer and first Black South African to receive a doctorate in literature, is born in Gro
… and first Black South African to receive a doctorate in literature, is born in Gro …
BiographyAdam Glasser
… 70’s to study and graduated with a BA (Hons) in European Literature, and afterwards decided to move to Paris to pursue … harmonica at the age of 17. Holds a…
BiographyVictor Sidney Norton
… in Grahamstown awarded him an Honorary Doctorate in Literature. Norton's editorial combativeness concealed a … learned to speak fluently. He read extensively…
BiographyKeorapetse William Kgositsile
… in Harlem. In 1974 he was a founder member of the African Literature Association together with Es'kia Mphahlele , … Order of Ikhamanga for his contribution…
BiographyBlanche la Guma
… father-in-law) spoke. She soon started to distribute Party literature. Alex la Guma said, at the branch, “They were proud of her – because she sold lots of…