Literary Library

Es'kia Mphahlele

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1919 - October 27, 2008South African writer, educator, artist and activistAuthor of "The Wanderers" (for which he won the African Art...
Activist Africa African African Arts Magazine Apartheid Art Artist Arts Education Educator Nelson Mandela Nobel Prize Order of the Palm South Africa South African Southern Cross Teach Teacher Writer

William Plomer

by Angela Beck
December 10, 1903 - September 21, 1973South African novelist, poet, literary editor and librettistAuthor of "I Speak of Africa", "In a Bombed House...
Librettist Libretto Literary Editor Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry South Africa South African

Rian Malan

by Angela Beck
December 1, 1954 - South African author, journalist, documentarian and songwriterAuthor of "My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Fa...
Africa African Author Documentarian Documentary Journalist Music Musician News Song Songs Songwriter South Africa South African

Mary Renault

by Angela Beck
September 4, 1905 - December 13, 1983English and South African writer of historical novelsAuthor of "The Charioteer", "Fire From Heaven" and "The P...
Author British England English Great Britain Historical Fiction history Novel Novelist South Africa South African

Dennis Brutus

by Angela Beck
November 28, 1924 - December 26, 2009South African activist, educator, journalist and poetAuthor of "Letters to Martha: And Other Poems from a Sou...
Activist Africa African Educator Journalist Poet Poetry Political Activist South Africa South African

Nadine Gordimer

by Angela Beck
November 20, 1923 - July 13, 2014South African writer and political activistAuthor of "The Conservationist" (for which she won the Man Booker Priz...
Africa African Man Booker Prize Nobel Prize Political Political Activist Politics South Africa South African