Russell Soaba (born 1950, Tototo,

Milne Bay Milne Bay is a large bay in Milne Bay Province, south-eastern Papua New Guinea. More than long and over wide, Milne Bay is a sheltered deep-water harbor accessible via Ward Hunt Strait. It is surrounded by the heavily wooded Stirling Range to t ...

) is a writer from

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

, who was educated there, in Australia and in the United States at

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

. Soaba is one of Papua New Guinea's most prolific writers. He now also works as an editor at Anuki Country Press and a lecturer at the

University of Papua New Guinea The University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) is a university located in Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea. It was established by ordinance of the Australian administration in 1965. This followed the Currie Commission which had enquired ...

Published works

* 1977 Wanpis * 1978 Naked Thoughts: Poems & Illustrations * 1978 How * 1979 Ondobondo Poster Poems * 1979 Maiba * 2000 Kwamra, A Season Of Harvest: Poems

References

External links

Anuki Country Press
website 1950 births Living people Papua New Guinean writers University of Papua New Guinea faculty {{PapuaNewGuinea-bio-stub