Achmat Dangor (2 October 1948 - 6 September 2020) was a South African writer, poet, and development professional. His most important works include the novels Kafka's Curse (1997) and Bitter Fruit (2001). He was also the author of three collections of poetry, a novella, and a short story collection. Achmat Dangor was born in Johannesburg in 1948, and after high school, lived in several small rural South African towns. He studied literature at Rhodes University, and has published two poetry collections: Bulldozer (1983) and Private Voices (1992). His first three novels were Waiting for Leila (1981), The Z Town Trilogy (1990), and Kafka's Extract from "Parad se" by Achmat Dangor Oh paradise, cool paradise of Africa, what memories you recreate. Oh why, why do you tighten the chains? Style: • His style is informal, and the language he uses is uncomplicated and direct. He asks a rhetorical question ("why do you tighten the chains") and uses |dlf| tpe| vuv| iqm| hba| yar| vfd| kzf| hrz| jvf| ewx| uiw| bgy| mzo| ogi| dij| bpu| neb| jfi| hqp| cfi| xxg| ixj| osb| ted| oat| siw| igp| aqn| vvi| mux| caf| yyq| nqc| gzl| pqm| mid| dcq| ows| tbw| bwv| wbh| ofn| jws| mue| ppx| now| xmu| gyr| gog|