Kobus Moolman

Professor of Creative Writing at the University of the Western Cape

Education

2011
PhD

(English Studies) University of KwaZulu-Natal

Autobiography of Bone:  An Original Cycle of Dramatic Poems Researching the Problematics of a Reconceptualisation of the Formal Boundaries between the Genres of Poetry and Drama.”

2011
2004
MA

(Cum Laude) (English Studies) University of KwaZulu-Natal

Inside the cavity of shame: a critical presentation of the New Prison Poetry Project (1998), and the spaces of expression and alterity constructed in the writing of the participants.”
(Post-Colonial Studies. & Dissertation)

2004
1994
History of Art III

University of South Africa. Part-time.

1994
1993
History of Art II

University of South Africa. Part-time

1993
1986
Honours

(English) University of Natal

  • Specialised in African literature.
  • Conducted tutorials with First Year students on poetry and the modern novel.
1986
1985
Honours

Drama Studies Department, University of Natal.

  • Specialised in play-writing and directing.
  • Conducted tutorials with First Year students on prescribed plays.
1985
1984
B.A.

University of Natal

English & Drama (majors); Afrikaans; Intro. French; German; History of Art

1984
1981
Matric

Carter High School, Pietermaritzburg

1981