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2.	Sindiwe Magona: Leben und Werk

Sindiwe Magona (*1943)

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Biografie

YEAR	PLACE	EVENT	AGE
1943	Gungululu (village in what is now called the Eastern Cape, formerly Transkei), South Africa	27 August: Sindiwe Magona is born, eldest of eight children
1962	Gugulethu	She works for years as a junior school teacher.	19
1966	Gugulethu	Already the mother of two children, Magona is now pregnant with a third when her husband leaves the family.	23
1981	Gugulethu	Completes a graduate degree (her third academic degree) from Columbia University (USA) via post.	38
1980s–2000s	New York, USA	Magona moves with her family to New York to work at the United Nations.	Late 30s–60
1993	New York	Awarded an Honorary Degree in Humane Letters by Hartwick College in Oneonta (New York State, USA).	50
Up to 1994	New York	Works for the UN, presenting anti-apartheid radio programmes.	51
1990	Cape Town, South Africa	Publication of the first part of her autobiography To My Childrens Children.	47
1998	Cape Town	Mother to Mother was published.	55
2003	New York/Cape Town	Magona has been working for the UN’s Public Information Department before retiring in 2003 and moving back to South Africa.	60
2003–now	Cape Town	Writer in Residence at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town; also works for Georgia State University (USA).
2007	South Africa	In this year, Magona is awarded several major prizes. She is presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to South African Literature, as well as other prizes recognising her literary work, her social activism and her efforts to promote and celebrate Xhosa culture.	64
2012	South Africa	2012 she is joint winner with Nadine Gordimer of the Mbokodo Award in Creative Writing.[1]	69

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