A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985

Slater, Francis Carey 'F. C.'

Biography

South Africa

Birth date: 1876-01-01

Birth location: Umjilo, South Africa

Death date: 1958-01-01

Francis Carey Slater was a South African poet best known for a rhythm and rhyme in his work that "evoked" the South African experience. He published ten collections of poetry and was featured in "A Treasury of South African Poetry and Verse" (1907). https://www.britannica.com/art/South-African-literature/In-English#ref56899

Education

University of South Africa

News Items (12)

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Mr F. C. Slater (1958-09-04) | Poet
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Power of the Pen in Exile: The Times Profile, Breyten Breytenbach (1984-04-26) | Mentioned Poet
A Literature in the Making (1935-05-31) | Poet
A New Look in Writing (1960-05-31) | Poet
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Poets in South Africa: An Anthology (1958) (Poet)
Selected Poems of Francis Carey Slater (1947) (Poet)
Selected Poems of Francis Carey Slater (1947) (Work Author)
The Collected Poems of Francis Carey Slater (1957) (Poet)
The Collected Poems of Francis Carey Slater (1957) (Work Author)
A Book of African Verse, selected and introduced by Guy Butler (1959) (Poet)
Selected Poems of Francis Carey Slater (1947) (Poet)
Selected Poems of Francis Carey Slater (1947) (Work Author)
The Collected Poems of Francis Carey Slater (1957) (Poet)
The Collected Poems of Francis Carey Slater (1957) (Work Author)
The Centenary Book of South African Verse, 1820-1925 (1925) (Poet)
Dark Folk and Other Poems (1935) (Poet)
Dark Folk and Other Poems (1935) (Work Author)
Veld Patriarch and Other Poems (1949) (Poet)
Veld Patriarch and Other Poems (1949) (Work Author)
From Mimosa Land (1910) (Poet)
From Mimosa Land (1910) (Work Author)
Calls Across the Sea (1917) (Poet)
Calls Across the Sea (1917) (Work Author)
The Centenary Book of South African Verse, 1820-1925 (1925) (Poet)
The Centenary Book of South African Verse, 1820-1925 (1925) (Author)
The Drought (1929) (Poet)
The Drought (1929) (Author)
The Secret Veld (1931) (Poet)
The Secret Veld (1931) (Work Author)
Dark Folk and Other Poems (1935) (Poet)
Dark Folk and Other Poems (1935) (Work Author)
The Trek (1938) (Poet)
The Trek (1938) (Work Author)
Selected Poems of Francis Carey Slater (1947) (Poet)
Selected Poems of Francis Carey Slater (1947) (Work Author)
Veld Patriarch and Other Poems (1949) (Poet)
Veld Patriarch and Other Poems (1949) (Work Author)
The Collected Poems of Francis Carey Slater (1957) (Poet)
The Collected Poems of Francis Carey Slater (1957) (Work Author)

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