Alan James (poet) explained

Alan James is a South African writer, now living in Australia. A former law lecturer, and the founder of the poetry journal Upstream, he has published seven collections of poetry. In 1995, James received the Olive Schreiner Prize for Morning near Genandendal.^[1] m He has more recently published two volumes of day-to-day bible readings.

Works

• The Dictator (1972)
• From Bitterfontein (1974)
• At a Rail Halt (1981)
• Producing the Landscape (1987)
• Morning Near Genadendal (1992)
• Ferry to Robben Island (1996)
• The First Bushman's Path: Stories, Songs and Testimonies of the /Xam of the northern Cape: versions with commentary (2001)
• "They will call him Immanuel" (2017)
• "The Messiah must suffer and rise" (2017)

External links

James maintains a website at https://gospelreadings.wixsite.com/alanjames.

References

• Klemperer, Margaret (2002). "Preserving a lost culture". The Natal Witness, 7 March 2002, p. 11.
• English Academy of South Africa Newsletter 16, 1996, pg 3.

Notes and References

1. Web site: About the English Academy . 2007-08-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928075917/http://www.englishacademy.co.za/pastwinners.html . 2007-09-28 .