Michael Coulson

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Michael Coulson (1938-2015). Financial journalist, art critic.

Biography

He was born in Yorkshire, England, on 9 October 1938. His family moved to South Africa when he was seven and he grew up and matriculated in Krugersdorp. He majored in English literature and history at the University of the Witwatersrand. He became deputy editor of tbe Financial Mail in 1987 and retired in 2003, but remained on as a consultant for a few years. He died in Johannesburg in July 2015, aged 76.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Michael Coulson, chairman of the SA Theatre Union (Pretoria News, 3 May 1978)

As actor he has appeared in The Andersonville Trial as Clerk of the Court (1962), The Cave Dwellers as Jamie (NTO 1960), The Prisoner, Die Physiker

Awards, etc

Sources

Sunday Times, 5 July 2015.


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