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Poet Name: Campbell, Roy
Given Name: Roy
Last Name: Campbell
Date of Birth: 2 October 1901
Biography: Roy Campbell was born in South Africa in 1901; he first gained acclaim as a poet and writer following the publication of The Flaming Terrapin in 1924. Campbell edited the literary magazine "Voorslag" alongside poet William Plomer. Campbell fought in both the Spanish Civil War and World War II, and died in a car accident in Portugal in 1957.

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Education: Univeristy of Natal
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Works: South African Poetry. A New Anthology, with a Foreword by Roy Campbell; The Wayzgoose; African Poems of Thomas Pringle; The Flaming Terrapin; Adamastor; The Wayzgoose.; The Georgiad; Winter of Our Discontent; Adamastor; Afrikaans: Its Origin and Development; Flowering Reeds; A Book of African Verse, selected and introduced by Guy Butler; Talking Bronco; The Penguin Book of Southern African Verse; Black Writers from South Africa: Towards a discourse of liberation
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Place of Birth: South Africa, Durban
Spatial Coverage: Durban
Region: Southern Africa
Type: Poets in the News