Dennis Brutus Biography

Dennis Brutus biography

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NAME: Dennis Brutus
OCCUPATION: Poet
BIRTH DATE: November 28, 1924
DEATH DATE: December 26, 2009
PLACE OF BIRTH: Harare, Zimbabwe
PLACE OF DEATH: Cape Town, South Africa
Full Name: Dennis Vincent Brutus

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Dennis Brutus was a poet whose works center on his sufferings and those of his fellow blacks in South Africa.

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As the white minority government in South Africa restricted the black population, Dennis Brutus became involved in a series of antiapartheid-related activities, and his first collection of poetry, Sirens, Knuckles and Boots, was published while he was in prison for such activities. Later works continue in the protest vein, noting the achievements in the struggle against racism.