Mazisi Kunene (1930–2006)
Auteur van Emperor Shaka the Great: A Zulu Epic
Over de Auteur
Born in Durban, South Africa, Mazisi (Raymond) Kunene was educated at the University of Natal, where he earned an M.A. with one of the earliest studies of literature in African languages. He later spent a year at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, where he toon meer continued his African language and literature studies. Although he has published highly competent poetry in English, Kunene is remarkable for his commitment to developing creative writing in his native Zulu language. His Zulu Poems (1970) include his original compositions in Zulu, as well as English recreations or translations. In 1979 he produced a copious poem, Emperor Shaka the Great, in an effort to introduce the Homeric type of epic into the literary repertoire of his mother-tongue. Kunene is currently a professor of linguistics at the University of California. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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- Officiële naam
- Kunene, Mazisi Raymond
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Kunene, Mazisi kaMdabuli (birth)
- Geboortedatum
- 1930-05-12
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2006-08-11
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- South Africa
- Geboorteplaats
- Durban, South Africa
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- Durban, South Africa
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- England, UK
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- University of Natal
School of Oriental and African Studies - Beroepen
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- African National Congress
UNESCO - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Poet Laureate of South Africa
South African Literary Award Lifetime Achievement (2005)
Prix Tchicaya U Tam'si pour la poésie africaine (1993)
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