Tyrone August

Tyrone August completed his doctorate on the poetry of Dennis Brutus in the English department of the University of Western Cape in 2014. He developed and completed most of this biography as a postdoctoral fellow in the English department at Stellenbosch University from 2016 to 2018, and is currently a research fellow in the department. He previously worked as a journalist on various newspapers and magazines for almost three decades, including as editor of the Cape Times newspaper and Leadership magazine. He is a founding member of the South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) and a member of the Academic and Non-Fiction Authors' Association of South Africa (ANFASA)