Colin Style
Colin Style | |
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Born | Colin Thomas Elliot Style 19 September 1933 |
Died | Devon, United Kingdom | 22 September 2014
Education | Prince Edward School Rhodes University |
Occupation | Writer |
Known for | Poetry |
Awards | Ingrid Jonker Prize |
Colin Style (19 September 1933 – 22 September 2014) was a British-Zimbabwean poet and writer. He was awarded the Ingrid Jonker Prize for best published collection in English in Southern Africa, 1977 with Baobab Street (1977).[1][2]
Biography
He was raised in
He published two volumes of poetry, Baobab Street (1977) and Musical Saw (1981). His poetry also appeared in several anthologies, including Poetry in Rhodesia: 75 Years; A World of Their Own: Southern African Poets of the Seventies; A Century of South African Poetry; A New Book of South African Poetry; Out of the African Ark; Poetry South East 6; and The Oxford Book of Animal Poems.[2] Together with his wife, Olan he started Chirimo, a thrice-yearly poetry periodical between 1968 and 1970 subtitled "an international review of Rhodesian and International Poetry."[3] The project was not sustainable long-term as few international poets and scholars chose to identify with the cultural productions of a pariah state, as Rhodesia had become known.[3] In 1986, Style and his wife edited the Mambo Book of Zimbabwean Poetry in English, which remains the fullest record of Zimbabwean poetry to date.[3]
His poems also appeared in
Works
- Baobab Street (Johannesburg: Bateleur Press, 1977)[6]
- Musical Saw (Harare: Mopani Series, 1981)
Personal life
He married the writer Olan Style and they had a daughter together, Kelda. The family relocated to Kent, England in 1977 before settling permanently in Devon in 1988.[2] He died unexpectedly of a heart attack in 2014.[2]
References
- ^ From Notes for a Speech Presenting the Ingrid Jonker Prize to Colin Style, December 1978 journals.co.za. Retrieved on 30 September 2023
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Colin Thomas Elliot Style Rhodes University. 2014
- ^ a b c 13. White Rhodesian Poetry Columbia University Press. 2007
- ^ 2. Rhodesian Poetry January 1975
- ^ South African and Zimbabwean Poetry: The Parting of the Ways? English in Africa. October 1988
- ^ Colin Style University of Natal. 1977