Michelle McGrane
South African poet
Michelle McGrane is a poet who was born in Rhodesia in 1974. Her poetry has been published in local literary journals and internationally in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.
McGrane has published two collections of poetry, Fireflies & Blazing Stars (2002) and Hybrid (2003). Her third collection, The Suitable Girl, is to be published in the United Kingdom in 2010.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 29, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q6837152. VIAF identifies the subject as 44034993. The Library of Congress control number is no2005070415. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1974, 2002, 2003 and 2010.
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