People

Koleka Putuma

South African playwright and poet whose collections and theater works have become touchstones of queer Black African literature.

Career

Playwriting; Poetry

Origin / Ethnicity / Heritage

South African

Additional Languages

English

Pronouns

She/Her

About
Origin / Ethnicity / Heritage
South African
Pronouns
She/Her
Location
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Additional Languages
English

2017

Collective Amnesia

Author

Debut poetry collection by Koleka Putuma, published by uHlanga Press in 2017; winner of the 2018 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry.