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

Horn, Peter Rudolf Gisela

Biography

South Africa

Birth date: 1934-12-07

Birth location: Teplice, Czech Republic

Death date: 2019-07-23

Peter Horn was born in then-Czechoslovakia in 1934, and fled with his family during World War II, eventually immigrating to South Africa. Hope was known for his anti-apartheid poetry work. Because of his work, he faced disciplinary hearings, threats of deportation, and death threats. He was one of the founding members of Congress of South African Writers (COSAW). https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/peter-rudolf-gisela-horn

Education

University of the Witwatersrand

News Items (1)

A garbled message (1990-05-18) | Poet

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