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A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985
Prince, Frank Templeton 'F. T.'
Biography
South Africa
Birth date: 1912-09-13
Birth location:
Kimberley,
South Africa
Death date: 2003-08-07
F. T. Prince grew up in South Africa and authored ten collections of poetry. His work showed influences of Roy Campbell, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, William Butler Yeats, and Arthur Rimbaud. During World War II, Prince served in the British Army's Intelligence Corps as an interpreter in Italian POW camps in England, an experience that shaped his works.
Education
- Balliol College
- Oxford University
- Princeton University
News Items (6)
- Poets from Abroad (1958-06-13) | Poet
- From veld-lovers to freedom fighters (1980-11-21) | Poet
- Voices from South Africa (1949-07-01) | Poet
- F. T. Prince (2003-08-08) | Mentioned Poet
- Getting in the last word (1993-10-28) | Mentioned Poet
- The Times Information Service (1986-09-03) | Mentioned Poet
Events (1)
Related Works (25)
- Poets in South Africa: An Anthology (1958) (Poet)
- A Book of African Verse, selected and introduced by Guy Butler (1959) (Poet)
- South African Poetry. A New Anthology, with a Foreword by Roy Campbell (1948) (Poet)
- Poems (1938) (Poet)
- Poems (1938) (Work Author)
- Soldiers Bathing (1954) (Poet)
- Soldiers Bathing (1954) (Work Author)
- The Doors of Stone: Poems, 1938-1962 (1963) (Poet)
- The Doors of Stone: Poems, 1938-1962 (1963) (Work Author)
- Drypoints of the Hasidim (1975) (Poet)
- Drypoints of the Hasidim (1975) (Work Author)
- A Last Attachment (1979) (Poet)
- A Last Attachment (1979) (Author)
- F. T. Prince: Collected Poems, 1935-1992 (1993) (Poet)
- F. T. Prince: Collected Poems, 1935-1992 (1993) (Work Author)
- Later On (1983) (Poet)
- Later On (1983) (Work Author)
- Walks in Rome (1987) (Poet)
- Walks in Rome (1987) (Work Author)
- F. T. Prince: Collected Poems 1935-1992 (1993) (Poet)
- F. T. Prince: Collected Poems 1935-1992 (1993) (Work Author)
- In Keats Country (2015) (Poet)
- In Keats Country (2015) (Work Author)
- Collected Poems, 1935-1992 () (Poet)
- Collected Poems, 1935-1992 () (Work Author)
Close Relationships (42)
Relationships are drawn from direct familial relationships and shared events, news items, works, and educations.
- Campbell, Roy (1)
- Currey, Ralph Nixon 'R. N.' (1)
- Madge, Charles Henry (1)
- Plomer, William (1)
- Wright, David (1)
- Butler, Guy (1)
- Slater, Francis Carey 'F. C.' (1)
- Delius, Anthony 'Ronald St. Martin' (1)
- Cope, Robert Knox 'Jack' (1)
- Paton, Alan (1)
- Clouts, Sydney (1)
- Barlow, Christopher Henry Muwanga (1)
- Driver, Charles Jonathan 'Jonty' (1)
- Mann, Chris 'Christopher Michael Zithulele' (1)
- P'Bitek, Okot (1)
- Khan, Amin (1)
- Mpe, Phaswane (1)
- Kabumba, Busingye (1)
- Niala, JC (1)
- Williams, Athol (1)
- Partington, Stephen Derwent (1)
- Clark, John Pepper 'J. P.' (1)
- Kalu, Uchechi (1)
- Mtshali, Oswald Mbuyiseni (1)
- Eglington, Charles (1)
- Nortje, Arthur (1)
- Gwala, Pascal (1)
- Lewin, Hugh (1)
- Kunene, Mazisi 'Raymond' (1)
- Adams, Perseus 'Peter Robert Charles' (1)
- Aylen, Leo (1)
- Livingstone, Douglas (1)
- Serote, Mongane Wally (1)
- Hamilton, William Robert 'W. R.' (1)
- Sepamla, Sydney 'Sydney Sipho Sepamla' (1)
- Pringle, Thomas (1)
- Dugmore, Henry Hare 'H. H.' (1)
- Moodie, Duncan Campbell Francis 'D. C. F.' (1)
- McKuen, Rod (1)
- Nkosi, Lewis (1)
- Selwyn, W. (1)
- Whistler, Laurence (1)
Relevant resources
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Prince, Frank Templeton 'F. T.'Created by the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities with funding from the Ford Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.
