Marianne Thamm

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|birth_place = United Kingdom[https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2018-08-03-who-am-i-citizenship-in-an-age-of-migration-and-rising-nationalism/ Who am I? Citizenship in an age of migration and rising nationalism] Daily Maverick, 3 August 2018, accessed 2023-12-14

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|occupation = Journalist, broadcaster, author, stand-up comedian

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Marianne Thamm (born 12 March 1961) is a South African journalist, author and stand-up comedian. She is the assistant editor of the Daily Maverick and has written several books. In 2016, she released the memoir, Hitler, Verwoerd, Mandela and me.[https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-27-video-between-the-lines-hitler-verwoerd-marianne-thamm/ Video – Between The Lines: Hitler, Verwoerd & Marianne Thamm] Daily Maverick, 27 September 2016, accessed 2023-12-14

Background

Thamm was born in England where her German father had been a prisoner of war and met Thamm's mother, a Portuguese domestic worker. Thamm describes herself as a “half-Portuguese, half-German, recovering Roman Catholic atheist lesbian immigrant”. She lives in Cape Town with her partner and two daughters.[http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2016/10/17/past-imperfect-michele-magwood-talks-to-marianne-thamm-about-her-memoir-of-sorts-hitler-verwoerd-mandela-and-me/ Past imperfect: Michele Magwood talks to Marianne Thamm about her ‘memoir of sorts’, Hitler, Verwoerd, Mandela And Me] The Sunday Times. 17 October 2016

Selected works

List of selected works by Marianne Thamm.{{cite web |title=Books by Marianne Thamm (Author of It's Me, Anna) |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/661027.Marianne_Thamm |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=14 December 2023}}

It's Me, Anna (Translator)
I Have Life: Raped, Stabbed & Left for Dead
The Lost Boys of Bird Island: A shocking exposé from within the heart of the NP government (Foreword)
De ondraaglijke blankheid van het bestaan. Een bewogen leven in het land van Mandela
To Catch a Cop: The Paul O'Sullivan Story
Here I Am (with P.J. Powers)
Shooting the moon: A hostage story
The Last Right: Craig Schonegevel’s Struggle to Live and Die with Dignity
The How to Be a South African Handbook: An Irreverant Cultural Guide for Tourists and Confused Locals
Trotzdem weiterleben - Eine junge Frau bewältigt die schlimmste Erfahrung ihres Lebens
Fairlady Collection
Mental Floss