Chris Mann pictured here with his books is the Professor of Poetry at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. For a biography go to:
Poetry International Website

Main Awards

• Olive Schreiner Prize for South African Poetry in English.
• South African Performing Arts Councils' Playwright of the Year.
• Newdigate Prize for Poetry while a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford.
• Hon. D. Litt. (University of Durban-Westville, now UKZN).
• Eastern Cape Premier's Award for Literature.
• English Academy of South Africa Thomas Pringle Award.
• Professor of Poetry, Rhodes University 2007 -
• 2010 Placed fourth in the election for the Chair of Poetry at Oxford