Biography
Cosmo Pieterse was born in 1930 in Windhoek, Namibia to South African parents. He obtained a Bachelor's degree and Master's degree at the University of Cape Town. Subsequently, he taught in Cape Town until he was expelled from South Africa in 1965 under the Riotous Assemblies Act. He went on to teach in London, the United States at Ohio University, and Zimbabwe. He also worked for the BBC, and as an actor in a short film directed by notable director Stephen Frears. He has served as the editor of several anthologies of plays and poetry for the Heinemann African Writers series.
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"Cosmo Pieterse." Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. 27 April 2022. Accessed 7 July 2022. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmo_Pieterse>.
"Echo and choruses: "Ballad of the cells."" University of California Irvine. Accessed 7 July 2022. <https://uci.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01CDL_IRV_INST:UCI&search_scope=MyInstitution&tab=LibraryCatalog&docid=alma991006712239704701&lang=en&context=L>.
