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Guy Butler
FREDERICK GUY BUTLER (1918–2001) was a South African poet, playwright and academic. Born in Cradock, he studied at Rhodes University and Brasenose College, Oxford University. He was appointed Head ...view moreFREDERICK GUY BUTLER (1918–2001) was a South African poet, playwright and academic. Born in Cradock, he studied at Rhodes University and Brasenose College, Oxford University. He was appointed Head of the English Department at Rhodes University where he also helped to establish the Speech and Drama and Journalism Departments. Influential in developing South African English Literature as a recognised discipline, he synthesised European and African elements in his literary style. During his lifetime he produced various plays, collections of poetry and creative writing, apart from his academic lectures and essays. Butler died in 2001.view less