Tatamkhulu Africa

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Tatamkhulu Africa ( December 7, 1920 - December 23, 2002 ) was a South African writer and poet .

Life

Tatamkhulu Afrika was born in Egypt and moved to South Africa as a child. He fought in World War II and was a member of the Umkhonto we Sizwe , the military wing of the African National Congress .

He wrote his first book Broken Earth at the age of 17, but it took more than 40 years for his second work, Nine Lives , to appear.

He died of injuries in a car accident in 2002, shortly after the publication of his last book, Bitter Eden .

Works

Poems

  • Nine Lives (1991)
  • Dark Rider (1993)
  • Maqabane (1994)
  • The Lemon Tree (1995)
  • Turning Points (1996)
  • Flesh and the Flame (1998)
  • The Angel and Other Poems (1999)
  • Mad Old Man Under the Morning Star (2001)

Novels

  • Broken Earth (1940)
  • The Innocents
  • Tightrope
  • Bitter Eden (2002)
personal data
SURNAME Africa, Tatamkhulu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African writer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1920
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 2002