Peter Blum (writer)
Peter Emil Julius Blum (born May 4, 1925 in Vienna ; † December 5, 1990 in London ) was a writer of European - Jewish origin who lived in South Africa for a long time .
Life
Peter Blum came to South Africa with his family in 1937 at the age of 12. After attending school in Durban and Johannesburg , he studied at the University of Stellenbosch and the University of Cape Town . Blum, who spoke several languages fluently, worked as a librarian in Cape Town and Kroonstad and as a translator from 1949 . He translated all of Guillaume Apollinaire's works into Afrikaans . He wrote numerous works in this language, mainly essays and poems. Because of his writings in which he criticized the South African society, he was denied citizenship of the country several times, which is why he moved to London in 1960 with his wife Henrietta Cecilia Smit. For his most famous work Steenbok tot poolsee (written in 1955) he received the renowned Dutch Reina Prinsen Geerlings Prijs .
The literary scholar John Christoffel Kannemeyer considered Blum to be the most innovative South African poet of the 1950s.
Works
1955: Steenbok dead pool lake. 1958: Enclaves van die lug.
literature
- JC Kannemeyer : What happened to Peter Blum? 'n narrasy in veertien episodes met' n naspel. Table Mountain, Cape Town 1993, ISBN 0-624-03196-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c biography with picture (English / Afrikaans), accessed on October 31, 2017
- ↑ Portrait at nb.co.za (English), accessed on October 31, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blum, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blum, Peter Emil Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th December 1990 |
| Place of death | London |