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| − | MANN, Christopher Michael Zithulele (1948-). South African poet, playwright and academic.
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| − | == Biography ==
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| − | Born in Port Elizabeth and went to school in Cape Town. Has been working as an academic since 1977.
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| − | == Training ==
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| − | Studied English and Philosophy at the University of the Witwatersrand, went to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar and also studied at London University.
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| − | == Career ==
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| − | From 1977 to 1980 held a post in the English Department at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. From 1980 to 1995 worked with an NGO, The Valley Trust. Returned to Rhodes University in 1995, appointed as a professor of poetry.
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| − | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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| − | The play ''[[Thuthula - Heart of the Labyrinth]]'' (1980*). (Other plays **) Has published collections of poetry, including ''New Shades'' (1982), ''Kites, and Other Poems'' (1990), ''Mann Alive!: Poems'' (1992), ''South Africans: a set of portrait-poems'' (1996), ''The horn of plenty: a series of painting-poems'' (1997), ''Heartlands'' (2002) and ''Home from Home: New and Selected Poems'' (2010).
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| − | == Awards, etc ==
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Mann_%28poet%29
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| − | http://www.chrismann.co.za/
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