South African queer poet and theatre-maker (born 1993)
Koleka Putuma
Born
(1993-03-22) 22 March 1993 (age 31)
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Alma mater
University of Cape Town
Occupations
Poet
theatre-maker
Notable work
"Water" (2016)
Website
www.kolekaputuma.com
Koleka Putuma (born in Port Elizabeth, 22 March 1993) is a South African queer poet and theatre-maker.[1] She was nominated one of Okay Africa's most influential women in 2019.[2]
^Munro, Brenna (2018). "Pleasure in Queer African Studies: Screenshots of the Present". College Literature. 45 (4): 659–666. doi:10.1353/lit.2018.0040. ISSN 1542-4286. S2CID 149911691.
^"OKAYAFRICA - 100 WOMEN". OKAYAFRICA's 100 WOMEN. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
KolekaPutuma (born in Port Elizabeth, 22 March 1993) is a South African queer poet and theatre-maker. She was nominated one of Okay Africa's most influential...
literary device within the context of other South African poets, such as KolekaPutuma. Terblanche, Erika (17 November 2023). "Ronelda Kamfer (1981–)". litnet...
magazine. The first issue included — among other things — reviews of KolekaPutuma's poetry collection Collective Amnesia and Naomi Alderman's novel The...
for the 2017 Lagos International Poetry Festival, Featuring Chris Abani and KolekaPutuma". Brittle Paper. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017....
Poems (posthumous, 2008) - Karl Shapiro Collective Amnesia (2017) - KolekaPutuma Come In, and Other Poems (1943) - Robert Frost Contention of the bards...
singer of the South African band Freshlyground Zandile Msutwana, actress KolekaPutuma, poet and theatre-maker Professor Allan McLeod Cormack, Medicine, 1979...
(DK), Édouard Louis (FR), Pola Oloixarac (AR), Torrey Peters (US), KolekaPutuma (ZA), Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (NL), Alex Schulman (SE), Jón Kalman Stefánsson...
publication of many South African poets, most notably Maneo Mohale and KolekaPutuma, who are both winners of the Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry...
(SelfMadeHero) La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono Collective Amnesia by KolekaPutuma, with Arate Hidalgo Nos llamaron enemigo, graphic novel memoir by George...
of the pieces, SCOOP: kitchen play for carers and babes (director: KolekaPutuma), was the first ever South African work for mothers/fathers and babies...
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