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| − | COUZENS, Tim. (1944-) Academic biographer and specialist on black South African literature. Studied at the University of Natal, Durban and at Oxford. Attached to the University of the Witwatersrand from 1969, he is the founder and director of the African Studies Institute there. Wrote a biography of [[H.I.E. Dhlomo|Herbert Dhlomo]] (''The New African: A Study of the Life and Work of H.I.E. Dhlomo'', 1985) and edited (with [[Nick Visser]]) all Dhlomo’s plays (1985). Has written extensively about the rise of black urban performance culture. Winner of the [[AA Vita Award]] for Theatre Research in 198* for his influential article *** (See: De Beer, 1995) | + | COUZENS, Tim. (1944-) Academic biographer and specialist on black South African literature. Studied at the University of Natal, Durban and at Oxford. Attached to the University of the Witwatersrand from 1969, he is the founder and director of the African Studies Institute there. Wrote a biography of [[H.I.E. Dhlomo|Herbert Dhlomo]] (''The New African: A Study of the Life and Work of H.I.E. Dhlomo'', 1985) and edited (with [[Nick Visser]]) all Dhlomo’s plays (1985). Has written extensively about the rise of black urban performance culture. Winner of the [[AA Vita Award]] for Theatre Research in 198* for his influential article *** (See: [[Mona Vida de Beer|De Beer]], 1995). |
Revision as of 11:20, 18 October 2012
COUZENS, Tim. (1944-) Academic biographer and specialist on black South African literature. Studied at the University of Natal, Durban and at Oxford. Attached to the University of the Witwatersrand from 1969, he is the founder and director of the African Studies Institute there. Wrote a biography of Herbert Dhlomo (The New African: A Study of the Life and Work of H.I.E. Dhlomo, 1985) and edited (with Nick Visser) all Dhlomo’s plays (1985). Has written extensively about the rise of black urban performance culture. Winner of the AA Vita Award for Theatre Research in 198* for his influential article *** (See: De Beer, 1995).
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