Marianne Thamm
Marianne Thamm | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 March 1961 |
| Nationality | South African |
| Education | Technikon Pretoria |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, broadcaster, author, stand-up comedian |
| Employer | Daily 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]
References
- ^ Who am I? Citizenship in an age of migration and rising nationalism Daily Maverick. 3 August 2018
- ^ a b Video – Between The Lines: Hitler, Verwoerd & Marianne Thamm Daily Maverick. 27 September 2016
- ^ Past imperfect: Michele Magwood talks to Marianne Thamm about her ‘memoir of sorts’, Hitler, Verwoerd, Mandela And Me The Sunday Times. 17 October 2016
Categories:
- Living people
- 1961 births
- People from Gauteng
- People from Pretoria
- South African journalists
- South African memoirists
- South African autobiographers
- South African non-fiction writers
- South African people of German descent
- South African people of Portuguese descent
- White South African people
- South African women journalists
- LGBT journalists from South Africa
- South African atheists
- South African comedians
- Former Roman Catholics
- Women memoirists
- Women columnists