Orielle Berry

1 month ago | iol.co.za | Orielle Berry

There is a power to the written word that can never be underestimated. Published 7m ago | Published 7m agoCape Town - There is a power to the written word that can never be underestimated. Like millions of newspapers around the world, here you are reading a column on a weekly page dedicated to books. It may sound like like a no brainer but books offer solace and a happy and safe space in which to spend any number of hours.

Nov 30, 2024 | capetimes.co.za | Orielle Berry

Breyten Breytenbach has left the world a poorer place with his passing. Published 9m ago | Published 9m agoDistinguished poet, painter, and man of letters Breyten Breytenbach has left the world a poorer place with his passing. Breytenbach, who was born in 1939, died on Sunday in Paris, the city where he had first been exiled in the 1960s. The multi-talented man, a great thinker in the true sense of the word, examined the themes of identity, exile, and justice with his work.

Nov 29, 2024 | capeargus.co.za | Orielle Berry

Breyten Breytenbach has left the world a poorer place with his passing. Published 6m ago | Published 6m agoDistinguished poet, painter, and man of letters Breyten Breytenbach has left the world a poorer place with his passing. Breytenbach, who was born in 1939, died on Sunday in Paris, the city where he had first been exiled in the 1960s. The multi-talented man, a great thinker in the true sense of the word, examined the themes of identity, exile, and justice with his work.

Oct 18, 2024 | iol.co.za | Orielle Berry

Han Kang studied Korean literature at Yonsei University and made her literary debut as a poet, publishing five poems. Published 1h ago | Published 1h agoThis year’s Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 was awarded to Korean national Han Kang for her “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”. Born in Gwangju in 1970, Han studied Korean literature at Yonsei University and made her literary debut as a poet, publishing five poems.

May 17, 2024 | iol.co.za | Orielle Berry

| Published 2h agoAny book about AKA is poised to draw attention and controversy. Kiernan Forbes was a man who attracted attention wherever he went. Colourful, controversial, naughty, sometimes salacious, sometimes simply tragic, he was indeed the master of his own destiny and Melinda Ferguson’s hot new book has certainly reignited the flame and put the spotlight back on a son of our country whose star had shone so brightly and was dimmed too early.