James Matthews (writer)

Infobox Writer
name = James Matthews
awards =


birthdate = Birth date and age|1929|5|29|df=y
birthplace = District Six,Cape Town, South Africa
occupation = Poet
nationality = South African
influences =
influenced =

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 23 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".

Awards

*"Woza Afrika Award" (1978)
*"Kwaza Honours List - Black Arts Celebration, Chicago, U.S.A." (1979)
*"Freeman of Lehrte and Nienburg, Germany" (1982).
*"National Order, South African government" (2004)

Poetry

*"Cry Rage" (1972), Spro-Cas Publications
*"Black Voices Shout" (1974)
*"Pass me a Meatball, Jones" (1977)
*"No Time for Dreams" (1977)
*"Poisoned Wells and Other Delights" (1991)
*"Flames and Flowers" (2000) Realities
*"Poems from a Prison Cell" (2002), Realities
*"Age is a Beautiful Phase" (2008), Realities

hort stories

*"The Park and other Stories" (1983), Ravan Press

Novels

*"The Party is Over" (1997) Kwela

External Sources

* [http://www.ukzn.ac.za/cca/PoetryAfrica2002bios15.html#JAMES%20MATTHEWS Poetry Africa UKZN entry]
* [http://www.info.gov.za/aboutgovt/orders/2004/matthews.htm SA Government page] ]