{"product_id":"what-is-owed-kelwyn-sole-9780639878522","title":"What is owed?","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gate opens: I do\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enot know whether\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emy task is to close it, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eor go through.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKelwyn Sole was born in Johannesburg in 1951 and was educated there and in London. He worked as a school teacher in Botswana, managed an education programme in Namibia and designed and oversaw the writing of a set of History of Africa books for an anti-apartheid N.G.O. in Johannesburg. Thereafter, he spent 30 years at the University of Cape Town, lecturing on African and South African literature, Seventeen- Century English poetry and Western and global modernisms in the Department of English Language and Literature; eventually becoming the De Beers Professor. Sole has written many critical articles on South African and postcolonial literature in local and international books and journals, and his poetry has been widely anthologised. Critical articles of his have won the Thomas Pringle and AA Mutual Life\/Vita Awards. His first collection of poetry The Blood of Our Silence won the Olive Schreiner Prize and his seventh, Walking, Falling the South African Literary Award (SALA) for Poetry. His most recent collection Skin Rafts was shortlisted for the National Institute for the Humanities \u0026amp; Social Sciences (NHSS) Award. Over the years, individual poems have won the DALRO, Thomas Pringle and Sydney Clouts Awards. What Is Owed? is his ninth collection of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelwyn Sole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0639878520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780639878522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e African Books Collective\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.23d","brand":"Kelwyn Sole","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48154215973119,"sku":"9780639878522","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dba96f0d-36f2-47fc-8110-a5699f94af14.jpg?v=1770788676","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-is-owed-kelwyn-sole-9780639878522","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}