Obituary

Peter Horn: Immigrant who published black poets in apartheid era

Czech-born literary giant wanted to make poetry relevant to all South Africans

04 August 2019 - 00:00 By Chris Barron

Peter Horn, who has died in Johannesburg at the age of 84, was one of SA’s most prolific and strident anti-apartheid poets...

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