Hope, Christopher
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- Poets in the News
- Poet Name
- Hope, Christopher
- Given Name
- Christopher
- Last Name
- Hope
- Date of Birth
- 26 February 1944
- Biography
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Christoper Hope is a South African novelist and poet known for his anti-apartheid and anti-racist writings. His poetry was censored by the South African government in the 1970s. Hope went into self-exile in England shortly after. In 2006, Hope founded the Franschhoek Literary Festival in South Africa, and in 2012 he co-founded the Hermanus Fynarts Festival. His poetry collection Cape Drives was awarded the Thomas Pringle Prize and a Cholmondeley Award.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hope> - Education
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- Okri, Ben
- Mann, Chris 'Christopher Michael Zithulele'
- Sepamla, Sydney 'Sydney Sipho Sepamla'
- Horn, Peter Rudolf Gisela
- Place of Birth
- South Africa, Johannesburg
- Spatial Coverage
- Johannesburg
- Region
- Southern Africa
- Type
- Poets in the News
