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Marianne Thamm

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Marianne Thamm
Born (1961-03-12) 12 March 1961 (age 63)
NationalitySouth African
EducationTechnikon Pretoria
Occupation(s)Journalist, broadcaster, author, stand-up comedian
EmployerDaily Maverick

Marianne Thamm is a South African journalist, author and stand-up comedian. She is the assistant editor of the Daily Maverick and has written several books. In 2016 she released the memoir, Hitler, Verwoerd, Mandela and me.[2]

Background

Thamm was born in England where her German father had been a prisoner of war and met Thamm's mother, a Portuguese domestic worker. Thamm describes herself as a “half-Portuguese, half-German, recovering Roman Catholic atheist lesbian immigrant”.[2] She lives in Cape Town with her partner and two daughters.[3]

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