Mtshali, Oswald Mbuyiseni, 1940-

LC control no.	n 85035804
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PR9369.3.M77
Personal name heading	Mtshali, Oswald Mbuyiseni, 1940- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Mtshali, Mbuyiseni Oswald, 1940- Mtshali, Oswald Joseph, 1940-
Associated country	South Africa
Associated place	Soweto (South Africa)
Birth date	1940-01-17
Place of birth	Kwa-Bhanya (South Africa)
Affiliation	Columbia University. New College for the Education of Teachers Rhodes University New York City College of Technology Premier School of Journalism in South Africa Pace Commercial College in Jabulani (Soweto, South Africa)
Profession or occupation	Poets Journalists College teachers
Found in	His Fireflames, 1980: t.p. (Oswald Mtshali) LC data base, 12/6/85 (hdg.: Mtshali, Oswald Joseph, 1940- ; usage: Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali) His Give us a break, c1988: t.p. (Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali) cover, p. 4 (b. at Vryheld, Natal; doctoral candidate at Rhodes University) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed February 27, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Mtshali, Mbuyiseni Oswald Joseph; poet; born 17 January 1940 in Kwa-Bhanya, South Africa; received a diploma in journalism and scriptwriting from the Premier School of Journalism in South Africa (1969) and a Master's in Education and Creative Writing at Columbia University Teachers College, New York; wrote a PhD dissertation at Rhodes University in the Eastern Cape; published poetry in South African literary journals such as New Coin, New Classic, and The Purple Renoster; first collection of poetry, Sounds of a Cowhide Drum (1971); became a deputy headmaster at Pace Commercial College in Jabulani, Soweto (1980); published Give Us a Break: Diaries of a Group of Soweto Children (1988); taught at the New York City College of Technology; honors include the Poetry International Award in London (1973) and the English Academy of South Africa Award for Poetry (1974))