Gabeba Baderoon (born 21 February 1969) is a South African poet and academic. She is the 2005 recipient of the

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for South African Poetry. She lives and works in

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, and

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, US, and serves as an assistant professor of Women's Studies and African and African American Studies at

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Early years and education

Gabeba Baderoon was born in

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, on 21 February 1969. In 1989 she received her

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from the

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in English and Psychology. In 1991 she was awarded a First-class

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in English from the

BA Honours program. She attained her

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in English with Distinction at the University of Cape Town in Postmodernist Television (Media Studies) and in 2004 completed her doctoral studies in

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at the University of Cape Town, the same year spending time at the

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, UK, as a

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. She also completed her dissertation entitled "Oblique Figures: Representations of Islam in South African Media and Culture." She divides her life between Port Elizabeth and Pennsylvania.

Poetry collections

* ''The Dream in the Next Body'' (2005) **Notable Book of 2005 by the ''Sunday Independent'' in South Africa **''Sunday Times'' Recommended Book * ''The Museum of Ordinary Life'' (2005) * ''A hundred silences'' (2006) **shortlisted for the 2007

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Prize **2007 Olive Schreiner Award * ''The Silence Before Speaking'' * ''Cinnamon'' (2009) * ''The History of Intimacy'' (2018)

Awards

* 2005: Daimler Chrysler Award for South African Poetry * 2005: Guest Writer Fellowship at the Nordic Africa Institute * 2008: Civitella Ranieri Fellowship in Italy * 2008: Writer's Residency at the University of Witwatersrand * 2019 Media24 Books Literary Prize: Elisabeth Eybers Prize for ''The History of Intimacy''

References

External links

Podcast from Badilisha Poetry X-Change

Interview Podcast with Books Live

Interview with the ''Sheffield Telegraph''.

Interview with Money Web
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