Dennis Brutus

Dennis Brutus was a South African poet, writer, university teacher and activist (1924–2009). He was born at Harare and died at Cape Town.

Also recorded as Dennis Vincent Brutus.

Dennis Brutus in brief

Born
1924
Died
2009
Known for
poet, writer, university teacher and activist
Place of birth
Harare
Contents

Identity and origins

He also worked under the name John Bruin. The authorities additionally record the heading Dennis Vincent Brutus. His recorded language was English.

Career and activity

He was employed by Northwestern University, University of Pittsburgh and University of Denver. He belonged to African Literature Association, South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee, Anti-Apartheid Movement and World Social Forum.

Recognition and collections

Dennis Brutus received War Resisters League Peace Award, Langston Hughes Medal and Paul Robeson Award.

Catalogued works

21 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1970 to 1975.

Sometimes a Mesh of Ideas. Thoughts abroad. Airs & tributes. Poetry & protest. African literature, 1988. China poems, dated 1975. Poems from Algiers, dated 1970. Remembering. Leafdrift. Dennis Brutus. Simple Lust. Sirens, knuckles, boots. Still the sirens. Still the Sirens/Poems (A Pennywhistle Chapbook). Strains. Thoughts abroad, by John Bruin [pseud.]. Letters to Martha. Salutes and Censures. A simple lust. Stubborn hope. The Dennis Brutus tapes.

Literature

8 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Brutus, Dennis, African American Studies Center, 2005. Brutus, Dennis Vincent, African American Studies Center, 2014. Two Poems by Dennis Brutus, Moderna Språk, 2006. The Stubborn Hope of Dennis Brutus, Callaloo, 1980. Brutus, Dennis (1924–2009), Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. Mandela in/and Poetry, Altre Modernità, 2014. Dennis Brutus (1924–2009): An appreciation, Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 2017. Dennis Brutus: A memorial statement, Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 2017.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in VIAF (39392638). Those registers additionally record the forms Dennis Brutus, 1924-2009, Dennis Brutus South African activist and writer, Dennis Brutus, 1924-, Dennis Brutus, dél-afrikai író, Dennis Brutus, Mwanaharakati na mwandishi wa Afrika Kusini (1924-2009), Dennis Brutus, poète, enseignant, journaliste et militant anti-apartheid sud-africain (1924-2009), Dennis Brutus, sørafrikansk poet and Dennis Brutus, gníomhaí agus scríbhneoir as an Afraic Theas (1924–2009).

Digitised editions and texts

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

sirens knuckles boots (1963) — Internet Archive. Durban Sings — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 17 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Dennis Brutus studied at University of the Witwatersrand and University of Fort Hare. the recorded working language is English.

Employment is recorded with Northwestern University, University of Pittsburgh and University of Denver. Membership is recorded of African Literature Association, South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee and Anti-Apartheid Movement.

Distinctions recorded are War Resisters League Peace Award, Langston Hughes Medal and Paul Robeson Award.

Chronology

  1. 1924Dennis Brutus born at Harare.
  2. 1963sirens knuckles boots digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1975China poems.
  4. 2009Dennis Brutus died at Cape Town.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Dennis Brutus”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1189001: Dennis Brutus

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