Kobus Moolman was born in 1964, suffering from Spina Bifida.  He has a Masters degree (Cum Laude) in English and an Honours degree in Drama Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.  He has worked as English teacher and sub-editor on AThe Natal Witness@.  He was formerly head of the Education Department at the Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzburg, a position he held for thirteen years. He is currently a lecturer in creative writing in the Department of English at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban.

Between 1999 and 2003 he conducted a part-time course in script-writing for the Drama Studies Department at the University of Natal.  He has also presented a section on post-apartheid poetry in the English Studies department of the same institution.

In 1992 he was a finalist in the Amstel Playwright of the Year Award.  He is the recipient of the BBC African Radio Theatre Award (1987), the Macmillan Southern African Playwriting Award (1991) and in 2000 he won a merit award in the Noupoort Reward for Playwriting.

In 1998 he was awarded the Helen Martins Fellowship which enabled him to spend a month in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda working on an anthology of poetry.  This collection, entitled, Time like Stone was published by the University of Natal Press in June 2000.

In 2001 he was one of five South African poets featured in a collection by Botsotso Publishers, entitled simply, 5 Poetry.  His debut collection, Time like Stone, was awarded the Ingrid Jonker Prize for 2001, the premier South African award for a debut anthology.

Several of his short stories have also been broadcast by the BBC and the SABC.  In 2002 a short story of his was featured in the collection From Jo-burg to Jozi, published by Penguin Books.  His poetry is also featured in the new anthology, it all begins: poems from postliberation South Africa, published by Gecko Poetry.

He has conducted poetry readings of his work in Pietermaritzburg, Durban, Nieu Bethesda, Grahamstown, Pretoria, Franschhoek and Johannesburg.

He is the editor of the annual poetry journal, Fidelities.  As co-ordinator of the Fidelities Poetry Project (a project he began in 1995) he facilitates and conducts regular creative writing workshops and readings for a variety of interest groups.

In 2003 he was awarded 2^nd prize in the BBC African Performance radio drama competition.  His winning play was produced for the BBC World Service in April 2003. In the same year it was also read at the Moscow Theatre Festival of New Writing.

A second collection of poetry, Feet of the Sky was published by Brevitas Press in 2003. In 2003 and 2004 he participated in a radio drama residency organized by the BBC, the British Council and the Performing Arts Network of South Africa.             

His work has also appeared on the following on-line poetry sites: Donga; LitNet; Southern Rain Poetry and Mindfire Renewed.

In 2004, he was selected to be one of the invited poets at the PoetryAfrica Festival in Durban, where his work was very warmly received.

In the same year his play, Full Circle, was awarded the Jury First Prize in the third PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing. This play will be premiered at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown this year.