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Tyrone August

Dr Tyrone August completed his doctorate on the poetry of Dennis Brutus in the English department at the University of the Western Cape in 2014. He developed and completed most of this biography of Brutus as a postdoctoral fellow in the English department at Stellenbosch University from 2016 to 2018, and is currently a research fellow in the department. He had previously worked as a journalist on various newspapers and magazines for almost three decades, including as editor of the Cape Times and of Leadership magazine. He is a founding member of the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) and a member of the Academic and Non-Fiction Authors’ Association of South Africa (ANFASA).