Mongane Wally Serote at Florida library
Meet a famous South African author at the Regional Florida Library this February.
Florida Regional Library in partnership with Jacana Publishers are hosting a book talk by author Mongane Wally Serote on Thursday 6 February at 10am.
Library employees describe this as the “big one” in their regular exciting book talks. Serote was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg on 8 May 1944. He was drawn to poetry and writing towards the end of his high school career.
After obtaining a fine arts degree in New York from Columbia University in 1979, Serote spent time in Botswana as a cadre for Umkhonto weSizwe and was instrumental in setting up the Medu Arts Ensemble.
This celebrated South African author and poet received of the 1993 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa and the Pablo Neruda Award from the Chilean government in 1994. In 2012 Serote also won the prestigious Golden Wreath Award, which is betowed each year as a lifetime achievement in the field of poetry.
Join other fans and literature junkies at the Florida Regional Library Auditorium for a chance to meet Serote. For any enquiries contact Lylane or Henry on 011 858 3200 or via email at lylaneb@joburg.org.za or henryz@joburg.org.za.
