Thomas Pringle Award
1 appearances
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Edition 33 (1997) Winner
Don Maclennan
ドン・マクレナン
Don Maclennan
Aliases:
Donald Alasdair Calum Maclennan
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1929-12-09 （London, England）
- Died
- 2009-02-09 （Port Elizabeth, South Africa） age 79
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- London, England → South Africa (from 1938) → Grahamstown, Rhodes University
Career
- Occupations
- poet, critic, playwright, English professor
- Active Years
- 1971-2012
- Affiliations
- Witwatersrand University, University of Cape Town, Rhodes University
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of the Witwatersrand | — | Department of English | — | — | South Africa |
| University of Edinburgh | — | Department of English | — | — | United Kingdom |
University of the Witwatersrand
Department of English
Country:
South Africa
University of Edinburgh
Department of English
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Sanlam Literary Award | Solstice: Poems | — | Sanlam | winner |
Sanlam Literary Award
1997
Work:
Solstice: Poems
Organization:
Sanlam
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Solstice: Poems
1997 poetryPoetry collection, winner of the Sanlam Literary Award.
Reckonings
1983 poetryCollected Poems
2012 poetryPosthumously published collected poems.
The Road to Kromdraai
2002 poetryBibliography
- In Memoriam Oskar Wolberheim
- Life Songs
- Bateleur Poets
- Reckonings
- Collecting Darkness
- Letters: New Poems
- The Poetry Lesson: New Poems
- Solstice: Poems
- Of Women and Some Men
- Notes from a Rhenish Mission
- A Brief History of Madness in the Eastern Cape
- Rock paintings at Salem
- The Road to Kromdraai
- The Dinner Party
- A Letter to William Blake
- Under Compassberg
- Excavations
- Reading the Signs
- The necessary salt
- Selected Poems
- The owl of Minerva
- Through a Glass Darkly
- Dress Rehearsal
- Collected Poems
- An Enquiry into the Voyage of the Santiago
- Job Mava
- My Childhood
- A Ruthless Fidelity: Collected Poems of Douglas Livingstone
- Olive Schreiner and After: Essays on Southern African Literature in Honour of Guy Butler
- Perspectives on South African Fiction
Health
-
motor-neurone disease最後の10年間Affected his final years
-
stroke2009年1月Suffered in January 2009, mind unaffected
Legacy
South African poet, critic, playwright, and academic who taught English at Rhodes University for over 40 years and published numerous poetry collections, including the Sanlam Literary Award winner Solstice.
Trivia
- Taught English at Rhodes University for more than 40 years starting in 1966.
- Continued giving weekly seminars after official retirement in 1994.
- Self-published numerous poetry works in his final years.