Kelwyn Sole
Kelwayn Sole | |
|---|---|
| Born | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Occupation | Poet, academic |
| Nationality | South African |
| Alma mater | University of the Witwatersrand, University of London |
Kelwyn Sole (b. 1951) is a South African poet and academic.
Sole graduated with Honours in English from the University of the Witwatersrand and followed that up with an MA at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.
Reluctant to return to apartheid South Africa, Sole initially taught in Kanye, Botswana, before returning to South Africa to co-edit the literary journal, Donga. After stints in Windhoek and Johannesburg, where he completed a PhD in on the subject of the South African Black Consciousness Movement of the 1970s, Sole was appointed in 1987 by the University of Cape Town where, as of 2015, he is the Chair of English Literature.
He has published numerous poetry anthologies, and has won a number of literary awards. .[1][2][3]
Poetry
- The Blood of Our Silence, Ravan, Johannesburg, 1988
- Projections in the Past Tense, Ravan, Johannesburg, 1992
- Love That is Night, Gecko, Durban, 1998
- Mirror and Water Gazing, Gecko, Durban, 2001
- Land Dreaming, University of Kwazulu-Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg, 2006
Awards
- 2001: University of Cape Town (Faculty of Humanities) Merit Award
- 1999: International Merit Award, Poetry 1999 Competition, Atlanta Review
- 1998: Thomas Pringle Award for Best Literary Article, English Academy of Southern Africa
- 1994: Sydney Clouts Prize for Poetry
- 1991: Hugh MacDiarmid Prize
- 1989: Olive Schreiner Prize for Poetry
References
- ^ "Kelwyn Sole". University of Cape Town. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ "Kelwyn Sole". Poetry International. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ "About Kelwyn Sole". poetryarchive.org. Retrieved 6 September 2015.