Kelwyn Sole
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Kelwyn Sole (born 1951) is a South African poet and academic. Sole 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.
Kelwyn Sole
- Name
- Kelwayn Sole
- Born
- 1951
- Birthplace
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Occupation
- Poet and academic
- Education
- University of the Witwatersrand
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Languages
- English
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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.
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• Name — Kelwayn Sole • Born — 1951 • Birthplace — Johannesburg, South Africa • Occupation — Poet and academic • Education — University of the Witwatersrand
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Kelwyn Sole (born 1951) is recorded as a poet and Anglicist. The birth of Kelwyn Sole is recorded in 1951 in Johannesburg.
Poetry
Poetry
• The Blood of Our Silence, Ravan, Johannesburg, 1988 • Projections in the Past Tense, Ravan, Johannesburg, 1992 • Love That is Night, Gecko, Durban, 1998 • Mirror and Water Gazing, Gecko, Durban, 2001 • Land Dreaming, University of Kwazulu-Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg, 2006 • "Absent Tongues", Hands-On Books, Cape Town, 2012 • Walking, Falling, Deep South, 2017
Awards
• 2020: DALRO Award (co-winner) for Poetry • 2018: South African Literary Award (SALA) for Poetry • 2012: Thomas Pringle Award for Poetry • 2001: University of Cape Town (Faculty of Humanities) Merit Award • 1999: International Merit Award, Poetry 1999 Competition, Atlanta Review • 1998: Thomas Pringle Award for Best Literary Article, English Academy of Southern Africa • 1994: Sydney Clouts Prize for Poetry • 1991: Hugh MacDiarmid Prize • 1989: Olive Schreiner Prize for Poetry
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