Uys Krige

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Uys Krige was a South African poet, writer, translator, and anti-apartheid activist known for his influential Afrikaans and English literary works.

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instanceOf anti-apartheid activist
human
poet
translator
writer
countryOfCitizenship South Africa
dateOfBirth 1910-02-04
dateOfDeath 1987-08-10
educatedAt Paul Roos Gymnasium
ethnicGroup Afrikaners
surface form: Afrikaner
genre drama
poetry
short stories
hasFamilyName Krige
hasGivenName Mattheus Uys
influenced Afrikaans poets of the mid-20th century
languageOfExpression Afrikaans
English
movement Afrikaans literature
Sestiger-era literary milieu
notableFor Afrikaans and English poetry
introducing European and Latin American literature to Afrikaans readers
opposition to apartheid
notableWork Ballade van die grysland
The Dream and the Desert
The Way of the Spirit
occupation journalist
literary translator
playwright
poet
short story writer
placeOfBirth Bonnievale, Western Cape, South Africa
placeOfDeath Cape Town
surface form: Cape Town, South Africa
politicalAlignment anti-apartheid
religion Christianity
residence Cape Town
surface form: Cape Town, South Africa
servedIn South African forces in World War II
sibling Janet Suzman
spouse Lydia Krige
translatedFrom French
Italian
Portuguese
Spanish
translatedInto Afrikaans
English
wasPrisonerOfWar World War II

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