Blum, Peter

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Section: Poets in the News
Poet Name: Blum, Peter
Given Name: Peter
Last Name: Blum
Date of Birth: 4 May 1925
Biography: Peter Blum emigrated with his family from Italy to South Africa as a young child; he worked as a librarian and poet. His first achieved success as a poet in 1956 when he won the Reina Prinsen Geerligs Prize for his collection Steenbok tot poolsee. Blum was denied South African citizenship likely because of his political opposition to the racist policies of the South African government.

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Education: University of Cape Town
News Items: Power of the Pen in Exile: The Times Profile, Breyten Breytenbach; A New Look in Writing
Works: Enklaves van die lig; Steenbok tot poolsee
Close Relationships: Lessing, Doris; Parenzee, Donald; Schreiner, Olive; Horwitz, Allan Kolski; Smit, Hettie; Hambidge, Joan 'Helene'; Brink, André Philippus; Bosman, Herman Charles; Garisch, Dawn; Pieterse, Cosmo; Louw, W. E. G.; van den Heever, C. M.; Gray, Stephen; Baderoon, Gabeba; Cronin, Jeremy; Kok, Ingrid de; Millin, Sarah Gertrude; Jacobson, Dan; Abrahams, Peter; Kozain, Rustum; Biko, Bantu Stephen 'Steve'; Johnson, Sarah; Woods, Donald James; Watson, Stephen; Mulgrew, Nick; Hall, Megan; Gordimer, Nadine; Smith, Pauline Janet; Schuitema, Barend; Dowling, Finuala; Morton, Do; FitzPatrick, James Percy; van Bruggen, Jochem; Breytenbach, Breyten; Eybers, Elisabeth Françoise; Fugard, Sheila Meiring; Delius, Anthony 'Ronald St. Martin'; van den Heever, Toon; Opperman, Diederik Johannes 'D. J.'; Marais, Eugène Nielen; Plomer, William; Watermeyer, Gottfried Andreas 'G. A.'; Butler, Guy; Pringle, Thomas; Pretorius, S. J. 'Sarel Jacob'; Madge, Charles Henry; Currey, Ralph Nixon 'R. N.'; Driver, Charles Jonathan 'Jonty'; Leipoldt, C. Louis 'Christian Frederik Louis'; Paton, Alan; Vanwyk Louw, Nicholaas Petrus; Small, Adam; Wright, David; Haresnape, Geoffrey; Campbell, Roy; Rousseau, Ina; Clouts, Sydney; Rive, Richard; Coetzee, John Maxwell ' -J. M. '; Adams, Perseus 'Peter Robert Charles'; Philander, P. J. 'Peter John'; Krige, Uys; van Heerden, Ernst; MacNab, Roy; Celliers, Jan; Slater, Francis Carey 'F. C.'; Hamilton, William Robert 'W. R.'
Place of Birth: Trieste, Kingdom of Italy
Region: Europe
Type: Poets in the News