Jared Angira
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| Citizenship | Kenyan |
| Education | University of Nairobi |
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| Known for | Early Kenyan post-independence poetry |
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| Notable work | (1970) |
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Jared Angira (born 21 November 1947) is a Kenyan poet. He has been called "the country's first truly significant poet".[1]
Life
Angira was born in 1947 in Siaya, Kenya.[2] He studied commerce at the University of Nairobi[3] from 1968 until 1971. He contributed to the first (1968) issue of the literary journal Busara, and was appointed its editor-in-chief in 1969. He also founded the Kenya Writers' Association.[4]
Works
- Juices, London (1970)[2]
- Silent Voices, London (1972)[2]
- Soft Corals, London (1973)[2]
- "Experimental Writing", in Gurr and Calder, Writers in East Africa, 1974.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Knight, Elisabeth (1986). "Kenya". In Gérard, Albert S. (ed.). European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa. John Benjamins. pp. 887–921. ISBN 978-963-05-3834-3.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Biografski dodaci" [Biographic appendices]. Republika: Časopis za kulturu i društvena pitanja (Izbor iz novije afričke književnosti) (in srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски). XXXIV (12). Zagreb, SR Croatia: 1424–1427. December 1978. Archived from the original on 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
- ^ Profile at African Poetry Review.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gikandi, Simon (2003). Encyclopedia of African Literature. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. 32–33. ISBN 978-1-134-58223-5. OCLC 1062304793. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
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