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Don Mattera
Mattera at the Katilist Theatre in Cape Town in 2007
Born
Donato Francisco Mattera
(1935-12-29)29 December 1935
Western Native Township (now Westbury), Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
Died
18 July 2022(2022-07-18) (aged 86)
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Nationality
South African
Occupations
Poet
political activist
Writing career
Donato Francisco Mattera (29 December 1935 – 18 July 2022), better known as Don Mattera, was a South African poet and author.
Donato Francisco Mattera (29 December 1935 – 18 July 2022), better known as DonMattera, was a South African poet and author. Born in 1935 in Western Native...
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gangsterism as anti-social behaviour and gangsters like Kortboy and DonMattera were despised by many as "anti social", but were also sometimes perceived...
also known affectionately as 'Bra Sanza', was the older brother of poet DonMattera and was imprisoned numerous times for his anti-apartheid activities....
Poetics (flipped eye publishing, 2009), alongside Keorapetse Kgositsile, DonMattera and Phillippa Yaa de Villiers), and she is a contributor to the 2019...
Roland Schoeman Silver 2006 Swimming André Brink Silver 2006 Literature DonMattera Silver 2006 Literature and journalism Can Themba † Silver 2006 Literature...
Macharia (Kenya) Jack Mapanje (Malawi) Eugene Marais (South Africa) DonMattera (South Africa) Bai Tamia Moore (Liberia) Micere Githae Mugo (Kenya) Togara...
to Australia Mark Mathabane (born 1960) Todd Matshikiza (1921–1968) DonMattera (1935–2022) Dalene Matthee (1938–2005) James McClure (1939–2006) Michelle...
Livingstone Lindiwe Mabuza Don Maclennan Mzi Mahola Lucas Malan Eugene Marais Andrew Martens Lebogang Mashile John Mateer DonMattera James Matthews Mzwakhe...
Nation(s) 1985 Adam Zagajewski Poland 1986 No prize was awarded 1987 DonMattera South Africa 1988 Sherko Bekes Iraq, Kurdistan 1989 Augusto Roa Bastos...
Tennant Molteno Carlo Gagiano, former Chief of the South African Air Force DonMattera, anti-apartheid activist, poet and author Edoardo Villa, South African...
Oswald Joseph Mbuyiseni Mtshali, Christopher van Wyk, Mafika Gwala and DonMattera. These rousing works, embedded with resistance slogans and ideals, were...
1996), Beyond Words: South African Poetics (with Keorapetse Kgositsile, DonMattera, Lebo Mashile and Phillippa Yaa de Villiers, 2009), and To Sweeten Bitter...
UK tour that also featured South African poets Keorapetse Kgositsile, DonMattera, Lesego Rampolokeng and Lebo Mashile (presented by Apples and Snakes...
Anwar Hussain Laskar, 58, Indian politician, Assam MLA (1996–2006). DonMattera, 86, South African poet and writer. Raja Mukherjee, 71, Indian cricketer...
and International news; convincing authorities that his copy-editor, DonMattera would not be expressing his own views as a copy-editor; giving evidence...
English André Brink English Peter Abrahams English Lewis Nkosi English DonMattera English Karel Schoeman Afrikaans 2005 Es’kia Mphahlele English Noni Jabavu...
he described gangster incidents he had heard about in the shebeens. DonMattera, a leading Sophiatown gangster, took exception to this: "The gangsters...
Rive and two other esteemed South African authors, Ronnie Govender and DonMattera, were honoured for their contributions to the fight against apartheid...
situated above their station) but do not really fit into their new milieu. (DonMattera mentioned this when describing the journalists: "There was a definite...
discussion including Professor Chinua Achebe, Professor Willie Kgositsile, DonMattera and Kgafela wa Magogodi (2002); "Women and Development": panel discussion...