James Matthews (writer)
| James Matthews | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 May 1929 Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | South African |
James Matthews is a South African poet, writer and publisher.
He was detained by the apartheid government in 1976, and was denied a passport for 13 years.
In 1987, he was elected as patron of the Congress of South African Writers, and he established the first black-founded art gallery in South Africa, and the first black-owned publishing house. In 2000, he founded the publishing house Realities.
In 2014 Shelley Barry's documentary, Diaries of A Dissident Poet; a film profiling James Matthews, premiered at the Encounters Film Festival in South Africa.[1]
Awards
- Woza Afrika Award (1978)
- Kwaza Honours List - Black Arts Celebration, Chicago, U.S.A. (1979)
- Freeman of Lehrte and Nienburg, Germany (1982).
- National Order, South African government (2004)
Poetry
- Cry Rage (1972), Spro-Cas Publications
- Black Voices Shout (1974)
- Pass me a Meatball, Jones (1977)
- No Time for Dreams (1981) BLAC Publications
- Poisoned Wells and Other Delights (1990) BLAC Publications
- Flames and Flowers (2000) Realities
- Poems from a Prison Cell (2002), Realities
- Age is a Beautiful Phase (2008), Realities
- Gently Stirs My Soul (2015) Rhodes University
Short stories
- The Park and other Stories (1983), Ravan Press
Novels
- The Party is Over (1997) Kwela
- The Park
External sources
References
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