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| Title: | Publishing South African literature in English in the 1960s |
| Author: | Ehmeir, Walter |
| Year: | 1995 |
| Periodical: | Research in African Literatures |
| Volume: | 26 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 110-131 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | South Africa |
| Subjects: | publishing literature English language |
| External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/3820092 |
| Abstract: | In the 1950s, the majority of books by South African writers, black and white, were published in Western Europe and the USA. The most important publication opportunities in South Africa for black creative writers were provided by magazines. There were essentially three kinds of local periodicals publishing literary texts: literary magazines, left-wing political magazines, and press publications and newspapers with a mass audience. Most of the major white writers turned to overseas journals to publish their work. By the 1960s, black writers also succeeded in having stories accepted by overseas magazines. The growth of literary output intensified the need for more publishing outlets in South Africa. New magazines were launched, 'Contrast' and 'The Classic' being the most important. However, from 1966 on, it was impossible for a great number of black writers - all of them in exile - to appear in any publication in South Africa, at least under their real name. Editors of literary magazines were faced with two factors: censorship of individual texts, and the banning of writers. Time and again, they articulated their opposition to the censorship legislation and advocated freedom of expression. Bibliogr. |
