| LC control no. | n 50056911 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PL8704.R56 |
| Personal name heading | Robert, Shaaban, 1909-1962 |
| Variant(s) | Shaaban bin Robert, 1909-1962 |
| Associated country | Tanzania |
| Birth date | 1909-01-01 |
| Death date | 1962-06-22 |
| Place of birth | Vibambani (Tanzania) |
| Place of death | Tanzania |
| Affiliation | British Colonial Civil Service East African Swahili Committee East African Literature Bureau |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Novelists Essayists |
| Found in | His Utenzi wa vita vya uhuru, 1967. Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 29, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Robert, Shaaban; poet, fiction writer, essayist, biographer, civil servant; born 01 January 1909 in Vibambani, Tanzania; received School Leaving Certificate from Msimbazi School in Dar es Salaam (1926); worked for the British Colonial Civil Service: clerk at the customs department in Pangani, Tanga (1926-1944), wildlife department in Mpwapwa, Tanganyika (1944-1946) and at the Tanga District Office (1946-1959); worked for East African Swahili Committee, East African Literature Bureau, Tanganyika Languages Board, and Tanga Township Authority; awarded the Margaret Wrong Memorial Prize for his contribution to Swahili literature and especially for his autobiography Maisha yangu (1949); received the fifth class (“member”) of the Order of the British Empire; won the first prize at East African Literary Competition (1936); his work linked classical and modern Swahili literature; died 22 June 1962 in Tanzania) |
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