Frederick Guy Butler (21 January 1918 – 26 April 2001) was a South African poet, academic and writer. He was born and educated in the Eastern Cape town of Cradock. He attended Rhodes University and received his MA in 1938. After marrying Jean Satchwell in 1940 he left South Africa to fight in the Second World War.

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Guy Butler (born January 21, 1918, Cradock [now Enxuba], Cape province [now in Eastern province], South Africa—died April 26, 2001, Grahamstown [now Makhanda]) was a South African poet and playwright, many of whose poems have extraordinary sensitivity and brilliant imagery.

Guy Butler's work is a sustained endeavor to distinguish and reconcile the two strains of Europe and Africa, chiefly, but not merely, in the southern part of the continent; to record and interpret the local scene; to find appropriate media in vocabulary, imagery, and forms through which to discover and express something of the African essence ...

2001年4月27日 · Internationally renowned South African writer, poet and academic, Professor Frederick Guy Butler, 83, died in his sleep at his Grahamstown home on Thursday night. Butler has been hailed as one of the most distinctive intellectuals in recent South African history, not least for his efforts to bring the arts to an ever-wider public.

2017年11月13日 · Guy’s passion was the English language in South Africa in the forties, fifties and sixties – the nationalist government was in power with an antagonism to liberal politics. Guy was a crusader for the status of the English language and its status as the language the 1820 settlers who contributed so much to the culture and history of this ...

Guy Butler was a prominent South African poet, playwright, and academic, known for his significant contributions to English literature and education. Born in South Africa, he attended grammar school in Cradock and later earned his bachelor's …

Guy Butler was a substantial public figure in South Africa over the second half of the twentieth century: performer of chameleon literary roles (professor, poet, playwright, autobiographer and historian), as well as cultural politician and opponent of apartheid legislation.

2005年10月1日 · Guy Butler, born in Cradock on 21 January 1918, was a serious poet. Nearly a third of his poems are about death or loss, and many of the rest about parting failure, or difficult self-denial. His poetry is generally thoughtful and responsible to a deep religious vision.

Guy Butler (1918-2001) was a poet, playwright, cultural activist and leading academic. Born Frederick Guy Butler in Cradock, he was educated there, then studied at Rhodes University, receiving an MA in 1938.