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Peter Blum (Peter Emil Julius Blum) was born on 19 August, 1925 in Trieste, Kingdom of Italy, is a Peter Emil Julius Blum was Afrikaans poet Afrikaans poet. Discover Peter Blum's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?

Popular As Peter Emil Julius Blum
Occupation Poet
Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 19 August 1925
Birthday 19 August
Birthplace Trieste, Kingdom of Italy
Date of death 5 December, 1990
Died Place London, England, UK
Nationality Italy

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1911

Blum married Henrietta Cecilia Smit (born 3 November 1911, died 2002 in Worthing, Sussex, UK), a South African art teacher, in 1955.

1925

Peter Emil Julius Blum (4 May 1925 – 5 December 1990) was an Afrikaans poet.

As a child, he emigrated to the Union of South Africa with his family.

From an early age Blum was already able to speak several languages, including German and Italian.

After studying literature at the University of Cape Town and at the University of Stellenbosch, he took up a position as a librarian in Cape Town and, later, in Kroonstad in the Orange Free State.

1956

His success as a poet was first affirmed in 1956 when he won the Reina Prinsen Geerligs Prize for his volume Steenbok tot poolsee (the title being a reference to the Tropic of Capricorn and the southern Antarctic Ocean, relating to the geographical location of South and Southern Africa).

Blum was twice denied South African citizenship.

1975

During his imprisonment between 1975 and 1982, Breyten Breytenbach wrote the poem, Ballade van ontroue bemindes("Ballade of Unfaithful Lovers").

Inspired by François Villon's Ballade des Dames du Temps Jadis, Breytenbach compared Afrikaner dissidents Peter Blum, Ingrid Jonker, and himself to unfaithful lovers, who had betrayed Afrikaans poetry by taking leave of it.

1990

Peter Blum died in London on 5 December 1990, aged 65.

1993

Kannemeyer (1993) speculates that citizenship was denied because of Blum's vociferous opposition to the ruling National Party's policy of apartheid.

Frustrated by this turn of events, Blum and his wife left South Africa to resettle in the suburb of Hounslow in London.