Sindiwe Magona
Sindiwe Magona (born 1943) is a South African writer.
[edit] Early life and education
A native of the Transkei, she grew up in a township near Cape Town, where she worked as a domestic and completed her secondary education by correspondence. Magona later graduated from the University of South Africa and earned a graduate degree from Columbia University.
[edit] Literary career
She published her autobiography To My Children's Children in 1990. In 1998, she published Mother to Mother, a fictionalized account of the Amy Biehl killing,[1] which she adapted to a play. This was performed at the Baxter Theatre complex in late 2009 and the film rights to the novel were acquired by Type A Films.[2] She has also written autobiographies and short story collections. Her novel Beauty's Gift was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Africa).[3] She retired from the United Nations in 2003 and currently lives in South Africa.
In 2009, Please, Take Photographs, her first collection of poems, was published by Modjaji Books.
[edit] References
- ^ "Mother To Mother (review)". http://bluerectangle.com/book_reviews/view_one_review/2528. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ "Universal Pictures acquires Sindiwe Magona's novel". Variety. 6 August 2003. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-107249611/maternal-instincts-u-tackles.html. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
- ^ Commonwealth Foundation List of prize winners
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