Mongane Wally Serote
Mongane Wally Serote (* 1944 in Sophiatown , Johannesburg ) is a South African writer .
Life
From 1974 to 1979 he was in the USA , where he studied at Columbia University . After a brief return to South Africa, he voluntarily went into exile in Botswana , where he worked for the ANC . In 1980 he received the award for the best South African writer, from 1983 to 1986 he was chairman of the Department of Arts and Culture (German about: Kulturabteilung) of the ANC. 1986–1990 he was the ANC's cultural attaché for the United Kingdom and Europe before returning to South Africa after a total of 17 years in exile.
In 1993 he received the Noma Prize for African Literature for Third World Express . In 2007 he was awarded the Silver Order of Ikhamanga .
Works
Poems
- Yakhal'inkomo (1972)
- Tsetlo (1974)
- No Baby Must Weep (1975)
- Behold Mama, Flowers (1978)
- The Night Keeps Winking (1982)
- A Tough Tale (1987)
- Third World Express (1992)
- Come and Hope With Me (1994)
- Freedom Lament and Song (1997)
Novels
- To Every Birth its Blood (1981)
- Gods of Our Time (1999)
Essays
- On the Horizon (1990)
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of the winners of the Noma Award ( Memento from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ List of recipients of the medal 2007 (English), accessed on June 20, 2014
Web links
- Literature by and about Mongane Wally Serote in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Serote, Mongane Wally |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African writer and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sophiatown |