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To talk of 'literature', of good writing, of art may be obscene or almost obscene in a society as self-destructing, engrossed in conflict as this one is. But the important word is almost. For however cluttered by violence and potential annihilation a society may find itself, it is the writers and the
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I spent seven years, from the age of 14 to 21 in Europe (mainly, because I had no choice, in
England), so I certainly ingested a great deal of European-ness. Therefore, when I came back to South Africa at the age of 21, I had a problem. Was I in fact a European, or an African? I remember sitting in a
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Cullinan's poetry, often (in his earlier works) permeated by the
Transvaal landscape, is most often concerned with the personal rather than the political; with emotional and metaphysical themes, such as his poem "My Predawn Owl". Exemplified by this poem, his work is carefully crafted, often lyrical,
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Cullinan accepted the fact that writers ought to have been involved in the fight against apartheid in South Africa, while acknowledging the fact that is it difficult to produce a satisfactory political poem. Criticism has been levelled at
Cullinan — that his work, throughout the
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Cullinan made a significant contribution to South
African poetry through his encouragement of young writers, both through his teaching, and through his willingness to mentor, support and constructively criticise. During his time at Oxford, he was similarly mentored by
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Cullinan won significant recognition in South Africa, and enjoys a reputation as arguably the most prominent South
African poet alive at the end of the 20th century. Among the prizes he won are the Slug Award, the
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cottage in the
Eastern Transvaal, on the Escarpment, thinking it through one night. When I woke up in the morning, I didn't have to think of it any longer: I was an African, and I always would be."
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Prize, three
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This may be as good an encapsulation as any of the position of
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artists who portray the reality of this process... There are multiple ways of telling the truth
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the fanatical belief that politics is more important than art
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into a significant diamond-mining family (his grandfather,
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596:. 26 May 2006. Archived from
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416:The White Hail in the Orchard
381:. In retirement, he lived in
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200:Selected Poems 1961 - 1991
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