Peter Horn

Biography

Peter Horn was born 1934 in Teplice, Czech. He is most well known for his anti-Apartheid poetry, which caused him to face disciplinary hearings and threats of deportation. His work envisions a multiracial society, advocates for freedom, and captures the experiences of the oppressed. He went to the University of Witwatersrand where he pursued a doctorate in German Studies (1970). In 2000, he was a Finalist for the Caine Prize for African Literature. He was the recipient of the 2011 SALA Literary Lifetime Award for his contribution to literature in South Africa. In 1974, Horn joined the staff at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and was made an Honorary Lifetime Fellow at UCT in 1994. He died in 2019 in Johannesburg.

Birth Date

1934-01-01

Place of Birth

Death Date

2019-01-01

Place of Death

Johannesburg, South Africa

South African , Czech

Country of Nationality

South Africa

Languages Spoken

English, German

University of the Witwatersrand

Poetry Collections

Voices from the Gallows Trees (Pretoria: Ophir, 1969);
Walking through our sleep (Johannesburg: Ravan Press,1974);
Silence in Jail.(Poems: banned) (Scribe Press,1979);
The Civil War Cantos (Poems: banned) (Scribe Press ,1987);
Poems 1964 -1990 (Johannesburg: Ravan, 1991);
An Axe in the Ice. Poems (Johannesburg: COSAW Publishing House,1992);
Derrière le vernis du soleil, poèmes 1964–1989 by Peter R G Horn; Jacques Alvarez-Pereyre; Nils Burwitz (Paris: Europe,1993);
The Rivers that Connect us to the Past. Survivors. Poems (Belville: Mayibuye Press 1996)

Sources

Pakendorf, Gunther. “Peter Horn: 1934–2019.” University of Cape Town, https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2019-07-23-peter-horn-19342019. Accessed 9 May 2022. “Peter Horn (Poet).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 4 Apr. 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Horn_(poet). Accessed 9 May 2022. “Peter Horn.” S.A. Literary Awards, https://sala.org.za/2010-2/peter-horn/. Accessed 9 May 2022.