Nkosi, Lewis

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Name (Latin)
Nkosi, Lewis
Other forms of name
Nkozi, Lʹi︠u︡is
Date of birth
1936-12-05
Date of death
2010-09-05
Occupation
Authors
Essayists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Language
English
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 79040607
Wikidata: Q982876
Library of congress: n 82047705
OCoLC: oca00744664
Sources of Information
  • His The rhythm of violence, 1964.
  • His Home and exile and other selections, 1983:
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Wikipedia description:

Lewis Nkosi (5 December 1936 – 5 September 2010) was a South African writer and journalist, who spent 30 years in exile as a consequence of restrictions placed on him and his writing by the Suppression of Communism Act and the Publications and Entertainment Act passed in the 1950s and 1960s. A multifaceted personality, he attempted multiple genre for his writing, including literary criticism, poetry, drama, novels, short stories, essays, as well as journalism.

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