James Matthews (writer)

James Matthews
Born (1929-05-29) 29 May 1929
Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa
Occupation Poet
Nationality South African

James Matthews is a South African poet, writer and publisher.

He was detained by the apartheid government in 1976, and was denied a passport for 13 years.

In 1987, he was elected as patron of the Congress of South African Writers, and he established the first black-founded art gallery in South Africa, and the first black-owned publishing house. In 2000, he founded the publishing house Realities.

In 2014 Shelley Barry's documentary, Diaries of A Dissident Poet; a film profiling James Matthews, premiered at the Encounters Film Festival in South Africa.[1]

Awards

Poetry

Short stories

Novels

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