Nortje, Arthur

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Section: Poets in the News
Poet Name: Nortje, Arthur
Given Name: Arthur
Last Name: Nortje
Date of Birth: 16 December 1942
Biography: Arthur Notje was a South African poet who was emigrated in 1967 to Canada following his graduation from the University of the Western Cape and Jesus College in the UK. While in school, he was taught by writer Dennis Brutus, who served as his mentor. His poetry was largely published posthumously. His poems deal extensively with his own personal alienation, being classified as coloured in apartheid South Africa, and his experiences of exile.

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Education: Jesus College; University of the Western Cape
News Items: From veld-lovers to freedom fighters
Events: apdp.event.000067; Conference of the English Academy of Southern Africa at Rhodes University
Works: Anatomy of Dark: Collected Poems of Arthur Nortje; Dead roots: poems
Close Relationships: Weeder, Michael; McKuen, Rod; Dugmore, Henry Hare 'H. H.'; Nkosi, Lewis; Livingstone, Douglas; Kamfer, Ronelda; Moodie, Duncan Campbell Francis 'D. C. F.'; Mkiva, Zolani; Mann, Chris 'Christopher Michael Zithulele'; Sepamla, Sydney 'Sydney Sipho Sepamla'; Plomer, William; Butler, Guy; Pringle, Thomas; Selwyn, W.; Currey, Ralph Nixon 'R. N.'; Driver, Charles Jonathan 'Jonty'; Gwala, Pascal; Eglington, Charles; Lewin, Hugh; Campbell, Roy; Cope, Robert Knox 'Jack'; Clouts, Sydney; Kunene, Mazisi 'Raymond'; Adams, Perseus 'Peter Robert Charles'; Aylen, Leo; MacNab, Roy; Mtshali, Oswald Mbuyiseni; Prince, Frank Templeton 'F. T.'; Serote, Mongane Wally; Slater, Francis Carey 'F. C.'; Hamilton, William Robert 'W. R.'
Identifier: apdp.person.itn.000255
Place of Birth: South Africa, Oudtshoorn
Spatial Coverage: Oudtshoorn
Region: Southern Africa
Type: Poets in the News