Poet Lewis Nkosi

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Lewis Nkosi

Living place: South Africa

Birthday: 5-12-1936 (88 years old)

Global rank: #100506

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Who is Poet Lewis Nkosi?
South African author, poet and literary critic known for his work criticizing apartheid. Many of his works have been censored for criticism by the South African government.
He taught literature at several universities, including the University of Wisconsin and the University of California-Irvine.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He attended Harvard University but, after his studies, was not allowed to return to South Africa. He lived in exile in the United States until 2001.

Family life info

He was married to Bronwen Ollerenshaw and had two daughters with her. In his later years, he was involved with Astrid Starck.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Poet Lewis Nkosi?
He collaborated with fellow writer Wole Soyinka on the book Conversations With Chinua Achebe.

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When was Poet Lewis Nkosi born?
Lewis Nkosi birthday 5-12-1936 (at the age of 88).
Where is Poet Lewis Nkosi's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Lewis Nkosi was born in South Africa. is a Poet, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rat. Lewis Nkosi's global rank is 100506 and whose rank is 1248 in list of famous Poet.
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Events in 1936 and 5-12

Events in the world in the birth year of Lewis Nkosi

  • Rome-Berlin Axis is proclaimed (Japan to join in 1940).
  • King George V dies; succeeded by son, Edward VIII, who soon abdicates to marry an American-born divorcée, and is succeeded by brother, George VI.
  • Spanish civil war begins. Hundreds of Americans join the "Lincoln Brigades." (Franco's fascist forces defeat Loyalist forces by 1939, when Madrid falls.)
  • War between China and Japan begins, to continue through World War II.
  • Japan and Germany sign anti-Comintern pact; joined by Italy in 1937.
  • Gen. Anastasio Somoza leads a coup d'etat in Nicaragua ushering in Somoza family dictatorship for more than 4 decades.

Birthday Lewis Nkosi (5-12) in history

  • Day 5-12 year 1776: The oldest academic honour society in the United States, Phi Beta Kappa, was founded at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
  • Day 5-12 year 1791: The great composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart pass away in Vienna, Austria, at age 35.
  • Day 5-12 year 1848: President Polk triggered the Gold Rush of 1848 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California.
  • Day 5-12 year 1872: Having left New York on Nov. 5, the brigantine Mary Celeste was found adrift off Portugal with everyone aboard mysteriously missing.
  • Day 5-12 year 1933: The 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing prohibition, was ratified.
  • Day 5-12 year 1955: The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO.
  • Day 5-12 year 2002: At Sen. Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday celebration, Senate Republican leader Trent Lott praised Thurmond's 1948 segregationist presidential bid. Lott subsequently resigned his leadership position.
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