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 == Biography ==
-Dangor was born in Johannesburg in 1948 and after high school, lived in several small rural South African towns. He studied literature at [[Rhodes University]], Grahamstown.
+Dangor was born in Johannesburg in 1948 and lived with his grandmother in Fordsburg, Johannesburg, where he grew up. He completed his secondary education at the Fordsburg Indian High School and studied literature at [[Rhodes University]], Grahamstown.
-He was one of the founding members of the [[Congress of South African Writers]].
+He joined the Labour Party Youth, a group of radical young people who were opposed to the sectarian politics of the Coloured Labour Party. He then joined [[Black Thoughts]], a cultural group, formed in 1979, under the leadership of writer and poet, [[Don Mattera]], to perform at community functions and schools, reading poetry and performing plays. His membership of [[Black Thoughts]] led to his banning for six years (1973-1978).
-His membership of the cultural group [[Black Thoughts]] led to his banning for six years (1973-1978). He subsequently taught creative writing at City University in New York, before returning to  South Africa, where he worked for [[Kagiso]] and the Independent Development Trust. He later headed up various non-governmental organisations in South Africa, including the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund, the Nelson Mandela Foundation and was the Southern Africa Representative for the Ford Foundation.  On his return to South Africa he worked for Kagiso and the Independent Development Trust. In 2000 he was attached to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund.
+He was also one of the founding members of the [[Congress of South African Writers]].
 Achmat Dangor passed away on the 6 September 2020.

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 == Awards, etc ==
 Winner of the Mofolo-Plomer Prize for the short story ''Waiting for Leila'' (1981).
 His novel ''Bitter Fruit''was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2004.

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 == Biography ==
-Dangor was born in Johannesburg in 1948.
+Dangor was born in Johannesburg in 1948 and after high school, lived in several small rural South African towns. He studied literature at [[Rhodes University]], Grahamstown.
 He was one of the founding members of the [[Congress of South African Writers]].

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 Winner of the Mofolo-Plomer Prize for the short story ''Waiting for Leila'' (1981).
-His work has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2004.
+His novel ''Bitter Fruit''was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2004.
-In 2015 he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the [[South African Literary Awards]] (SALA).
+In 2015 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the [[South African Literary Awards]] ([[SALA]]).
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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-His creative writing includes poetry (published in the journals ''[[Wietie]]'' and ''[[Staffrider]]'', anthologised in ''A Century of South African Poetry'' in 1981 and published in the collection ''Bulldozer'' in 1983). He also wrote the novel ''[[Bitter Fruit]]'' and one play, ''[[Majiet]]''.
+His creative writing includes poetry (published in the journals ''[[Wietie]]'' and ''[[Staffrider]]'', anthologised in ''A Century of South African Poetry'' in 1981 and published in the collection ''Bulldozer'' in 1983). He also wrote the novel ''Bitter Fruit'' and one play, ''[[Majiet]]''.
 == Awards, etc ==