Krog, Antjie

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Section: Poets in the News
Poet Name: Krog, Antjie
Given Name: Antjie
Last Name: Krog
Date of Birth: 23 October 1952
Biography: Antjie Krog was born in 1952 on a farm in the Free State; she is a renowned poet in South Africa. Krog has published nine collections of poetry and has received awards such as the most promising young writer in 1973, the Dutch/Flemish prize and the Reina Prinsen-Geerligs prize for most promising young writer in 1976, and, in 1990, the Hertzog prize for the best poetry volume over three years. Krog reported as a journalist on the Truth and Reconciliation Committee in South Africa and received the Hiroshima Foundation for Peace and Culture in the year 200 for her work promoting peace through the arts.

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Education: University of the Orange Free State; University of Pretoria; University of South Africa
Biography Sources: Wikipedia Contributors. "Antijie Krog." Wikipedia. Wikipedia Encyclopedia. April 8, 2022. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antjie_Krog#Poetry_2>. Accessed on May 10, 2022. "Antjie Krog." South African History Online. <https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/antjie-krog.Accessed> on May 10, 2022. "Antjie Krog." Prabook. <https://prabook.com/web/antjie.krog/3773928>. Accessed on May 10, 2022.
News Items: Hungry for More; Out of South Africa; Witness to man's inhumanity; Radio: Radio 3
Events: South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Whitbread Book Awards Announcement
Works: Skinned: Selected Poems; Beminde Antarktika (Beloved Antarctica); Lady Anne: A Chronicle in Verse; Body bereft; Gedigte 1989–1995 (Poems); Met woorde soos met kerse; Dogter van Jefta (Daughter of Jephthah); Down to my last skin: Poems; Mannin (Difficult to translate: the name of Eve given in Biblical terms if Adam being "man", Eve was called "wo-man"); Januarie-suite (January Suite); The Stars Say 'Tsau'; Jerusalemgangers (Jerusalem-goers); Otters in Bronslaai (Otters in Watercress Salad); Kleur kom nooit alleen nie (Colour never comes alone); Country of My Skull
Close Relationships: Mbangjwa, Bongekile Joyce; Mitra, Amitabh; Pieterse, H.J.; Trapido, Barbara; O'Reilly, Peter; Dendy, Gail; Coles, Richard; Hambidge, Joan 'Helene'; Malan, Lucas 'Cornelius'; Tutu, Desmond; Mdikisela-Mandela, Winnie; Thango, Menzi; Banoobhai, Shabbir; Coetzee, Dirk; Dladla, Angifi 'Proctor'; de Klerk, Frederik Willem; Fanshawe, Simon; Haarhoff, Dorian; Du Plessis, Clinton V. 'Vivian'; Dowling, Finuala; Verwey, Len; Slater, Francis Carey 'F. C.'; Philander, P. J. 'Peter John'; Hove, Chenjerai
Place of Birth: South Africa, Kroonstad
Spatial Coverage: Kroonstad
Region: Southern Africa
Type: Poets in the News