A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times,
Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement
1865-1985
Nortje, Arthur
Biography
South Africa
Birth date: 1942-12-16
Birth location:
Oudtshoorn,
South Africa
Death date: 1970-12-11
Arthur Notje, a South African poet, studied at the University of the Western Cape and Jesus College in the UK under the writer Dennis Brutus before emigrating to Canada in 1967. His poetry, published primarily after his death, examines personal alienation, his classification as colored in apartheid South Africa, and his experiences of exile.