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Rian Malan

Rian Malan was a South African writer, journalist, documentarian and composer (born 1954). He was born at Johannesburg.

Rian Malan in brief

Born
1954
Known for
writer, journalist, documentarian and composer
Place of birth
Johannesburg
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Career and activity

Rian Malan worked in journalism, audiovisual work, music and race relations.

He was employed by The Star, LA Weekly and Los Angeles Herald-Examiner.

Catalogued works

2 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service.

My Traitor's Heart. Great Railway Journeys.

Literature

2 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

The “I” as Implicated Subject: Performative Confession in Rian Malan’s <i>My Traitor’s Heart</i>, Humanities, 2024. Rian Malan 'spreads confusion about AIDS statistics'., S Afr Med J.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 9 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 1 biomedical publications indexed (PubMed (National Library of Medicine)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 21 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is English and Afrikaans.

The field of work recorded is journalism, audiovisual work and music.

Employment is recorded with The Star, LA Weekly and Los Angeles Herald-Examiner.

Works named in the authority record are My Traitor's Heart.

Chronology

  1. 1954Rian Malan born at Johannesburg.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    PubMed, United States National Library of Medicine, records for “Rian Malan”

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Rian Malan.

    open access index · Unverified

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  3. 3.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q3107505: Rian Malan

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  4. 4.

    “Rian Malan”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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