Kelwyn Sole

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Kelwayn Sole
Born Johannesburg, South Africa
OccupationPoet, academic
Nationality South African
Alma mater University of the Witwatersrand, University of London

Kelwyn Sole (born 1951) is a South African poet and academic.

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Sole was graduated with honours in English from the University of the Witwatersrand and, following that, he was awarded an MA degree by the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.

Reluctant to return to apartheid South Africa, Sole initially taught in Kanye, Botswana, before returning to South Africa to co-edit the literary journal, Donga. After stints in Windhoek and Johannesburg, where he completed a PhD in on the subject of the South African Black Consciousness Movement of the 1970s, Sole was appointed in 1987 by the University of Cape Town where, as of 2015, he is the chair of English Literature.

He has published numerous poetry anthologies and has won a number of literary awards. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Kelwyn Sole". University of Cape Town. Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. "Kelwyn Sole". Poetry International. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  3. "About Kelwyn Sole". poetryarchive.org. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  4. Kozain, Rustum (3 July 2017). "A steady vigil over the slow death of the anti-apartheid dream". The Johannesburg Review of Books .