With the passing of one of South Africa’s finest poets, we pay tribute to his life and works.
Daniel’s greatest legacy remains his interaction with his students, from exiled South Africans in Swaziland in the 1970s to international scholars.
An appreciation of the Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who has died aged 87, by American novelist Edmund White.
Muxe Nkondo celebrates the life of a writer who tried to make sense of life from people’s experiences.
Robyn Sassen remembers Frank Jolles as an ?uncompromisingly scrupulous cultural scholar.
A list of those who died in 2013.
The oldest winner of the Nobel prize for literature, Doris Lessing was seen as a visionary and pioneer ?of the feminist movement.
Two years ago I invited Seamus Heaney to read at the Kilkenny Arts Festival in Ireland.
Elmore Leonard’s slang-slung writing style was ?celebrated for "leaving out the bits that readers skip".
Gwen Ansell reflects on the culture shock a great writer leaves in his wake .
Richie Havens, the folk singer and guitarist who was the first performer at the 1969 Woodstock Festival, has died of a heart attack.
We look back at those who died in 2012.
The cerebral 57-year-old Meles Zenawi, who ruled Ethiopia for the past 21 years, died this week. He was a man of many parts.
Ray Bradbury, a giant of American literature who helped popularise science fiction died on Tuesday, his publisher said.
Donna Summer, whose music dominated the 1970s disco era, died on Thursday at the age of 63.
Carlos Fuentes was Mexico’s most celebrated novelist and among Latin America’s most prominent authors, and an outspoken critic of US foreign policy.
Radhakrishna Lutchmana Padayachie, commonly known as Roy will be remembered most for his work in the ministry of communications.
Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of the iconic children’s book, has died at the age of 83.
Ferdinand "Butzi" Porsche, who has died aged 76, was the industrial designer responsible for the shape of the Porsche 911 sports car.
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/ 20 January 2012
Josef Skvorecky, who has died aged 87, belonged to that great generation of postwar Czech writers that includes Vaclav Havel.
<b>Barbara Ludman</b> pays tribute to a
photographer whose hallmark was sensitivity and strength.
We look back at those who died in 2011.
Leon Botha, an accomplished South African painter and DJ, as well as one of the world’s oldest survivors of progeria, died on June 5.
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/ 19 November 2004
Sheila Weinberg has died. She has been ”around” the liberation struggle for decades.