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Clouts, Sydney

Biography

South Africa
Birth date: 1926-01-01
Birth location: Cape Town, South Africa
Death date: 1982-01-01
Sydney Clouts was born in 1926 in South Africa, though he would spend the majority of his lifetime in exile in England. In 1966, Clouts published his only poetry collection, "One Life," which would go on to receive the Ingrid Jonker Prize in 1968 and the Olive Schreiner Prize for English Literature. https://dryadpress.co.za/featured-poets/sydney-clouts/

Education

  • University of Cape Town
  • Rhodes University

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