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Don Mattera

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South African poet and author (1935–2022)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1935
Died: 2022-07-18
Works: 10

Top works

They passed this way and touched our lives
The moon is asleep
Faces of trees
The five magic pebbles
Memory is the weapon

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 3
Total plays: 12

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,795x
Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,734x
A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,222x
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary
· 2000 · cited 8,822x
Preliminary reference Earth model
· 1981 · cited 8,393x

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Key dates

Born: 30 November 1934
Died: 18 July 2022

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Don
Gender: male
Citizenship: South Africa
Place of birth: Johannesburg
Place of death: Johannesburg
Occupation: writer
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: Islam
Image: Don Mattera 2007.jpg

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1935 births 2022 deaths 20th-century South African dramatists and playwrights Coloureds Converts to Islam Recipients of the Order of the Baobab South African anti-apartheid activists South African Muslims South African people of Italian descent South African people of Xhosa descent South African poets Use South African English from July 2022

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