Born 1948, Chris Mann is a South African poet. He is a lecturer of poetry with the Institute for the Study of English in Africa. He is founder and convenor of Wordfest, a national multilingual festival of South African languages and literature with a developmental emphasis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Mann_(poet)
1948-04-06
2021-01-01
Zulu
South Africa
English, isiZulu, Afrikaans, and Italian
University of the Witwatersrand, Oxford University, University of London, Diocesan College
First Poems (Cape Town: Bateleur Press, 1979); A New Book of South African Verse (Cape Town: OUP, 1979); New Shades (Cape Town :David Philip. 1982); Kites and Other Poems (Cape Town :David Philip,1990); Mann Alive!: Poems (Cape Town: David Philip,1992); South Africans: a set of portrait-poems (Scottsville: University of Natal Press, 1996);The horn of plenty: a series of painting-poems (ISEA, Rhodes University, 1997); The Roman Centurion’s Good Friday (Grahamstown: Cathedral of St Michael & St George, 1999); Heartlands (Scottsville: University of Natal Press. 2002); In Praise of the Shades (Grahamstown: Cathedral of St Michael and St George, 2003); Walking on Gravity (Grahamstown: Cathedral of St Michael and St George, 2004); Thuthula (Johannesburg: Ravan & PanMacmillan, 2005); Beautiful Lofty Things (Grahamstown: Cathedral of St Michael and St George, 2005); Walking on Gravity In: Dante in South Africa. Cullinan, Patrick and Watson, Stephen (Eds.). Cape Town: Centre for Creative Writing, University of Cape Town; Lifelines, (Pietermaritzburg: UKZN Press, 2006); Home from Home: New and Selected Poems (Echoing Green Press, 2010); Small Town Big Voice (Port Elizabeth: SACEE, 2012); Rudiments of Grace (Grahamstown: Cathedral of St Michael and St George, 2014); Epiphanies (Grahamstown. Cathedral of St Michael and St George, 2017)
“Chris Mann.” African Books Collective, https://www.africanbookscollective.com/authors-editors/chris-mann. Accessed May 27, 2022. “Renowned Poet and Founder of Wordfest, Professor Chris Mann, Passes Away.” Latest News, 16 May 2021, https://www.ru.ac.za/latestnews/renownedpoetandfounderofwordfestprofessorchrismannpassesaway.html. Accessed May 27, 2022. Ngidi, Sandile. “An Ode to Chris 'Zithulele' Mann: Poet, Teacher and Cultural Icon.” Citypress, Citypress, https://www.news24.com/citypress/voices/an-ode-to-chris-mann-20210312. Accessed May 27, 2022. Wright, Laurence. “Chris ‘Zithulele’ Mann (1948–2021).” English Academy Review, vol. 38, no. 1, 2021, pp. 107–110., https://doi.org/10.1080/10131752.2021.1926705. Accessed May 27, 2022. “Mann, Chris (Topher Michael Zithulele).” Encyclopedia.com, Encyclopedia.com, 27 May 2022, https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/mann-christopher-michael-zithulele. Accessed May 27, 2022.
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