James Matthews

Author

1929 –

87

Who is James Matthews?

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.

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Born
May 29, 1929
District Six
Nationality
  • South Africa

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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