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Crystal Warren
Crystal Warren is a South African poet. Biography Crystal Warren was born and raised in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape The Eastern Cape is one of the provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha. The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ..., South Africa. She has lived in Grahamstown for more than twenty years. She works at the National English Literary Museum and teaches a creative writing class at Rhodes University. Her poems have been widely published in South African literary journals and her first collection was ''Bodies of Glass'' and her most recent is ''Predictive Text'', published by Modjaji Press in 2019. She was formerly the editor of '' New Coin'' poetry magazine. References *"Four powerful new EC poets", ''Saturday Dispatch'', 2 July 2005. p. 14 1969 births Living people South African women poets People from Makhanda, Easte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Elizabeth
Gqeberha (), formerly Port Elizabeth and colloquially often referred to as P.E., is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa's second-largest metropolitan district by area size. It is the sixth-most populous city in South Africa and is the cultural, economic and financial centre of the Eastern Cape. The city was founded as Port Elizabeth in 1820 by Sir Rufane Donkin, who was the governor of the Cape at the time. He named it after his late wife, Elizabeth, who had died in India. The Donkin memorial in the CBD of the city bears testament to this. Port Elizabeth was established by the government of the Cape Colony when 4,000 British colonists settled in Algoa Bay to strengthen the border region between the Cape Colony and the Xhosa. It is nicknamed "The Friendly City" or "The Windy City". In 2019, the Eastern Cape Geographical Names Committee recommended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
