Murray, Sally-Ann

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Biography

Sally Ann Murray was born 1961 in Durban, South Africa. She first gained recognition as a poet for her collection Shifting, which won the 1991 Sanlam Award for Literature and the 1989 Arthur Nortje/Vita Award for poetry. She attended the University of Natal, Durban (now University of KwaZulu-Natal) for her MA in South African Literature, and for her Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural and Literary Studies. She serves as Chair of the English Department at the University of Stellenbosch, where she publishes research in autobiography and autoethnography, writing and gender, and creative writing as academic research, among other areas.

Sources Cited

“Sally Ann Murray.” Dryad Press Author page. Accessed 25 June 22. <https://dryadpress.co.za/authors/sally-ann-murray/>.

“Prof Sally Ann Murray.” English Department website at Stellenbosch University. Accessed 25 June 22. <http://www0.sun.ac.za/english/staff/prof-sally-ann-murray/>.

“Sally-Ann Murray.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed 25 June 22. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally-Ann_Murray#cite_note-:2-2>.

Section
Index of Poets
Given name
Sally-Ann
Last Name
Murray
Identifier
apdp.person.002416
Date of Birth
1961
Place of Birth (city)
South Africa, Durban
Region
Southern Africa
Place of Birth (country)
South Africa
Selected Works
Poetry

Otherwise Occupied, Cape Town, Dryad Press, 2019.
open season, Durban, HardPressd, 2006.
Shifting, Cape Town, Carrefour Press, 1992.

Novel
Small Moving Parts, Cape Town, Kwela Books, 2009.
Place of Birth Latitude
-29.8586804
Place of Birth Longitude
31.0218404
Birth Decade
1960 – 1969