ys Krige (christened Mattheus Uys Krige) (4 February 1910 - 10 August 1987) was a South African writer, poet, playwright, translator, rugby player, war correspondent and romantic. He was born in Bontebokskloof (near Swellendam) in the Cape Province.
He was educated at the University of Stellenbosch. From 1931 to 1935 he lived in France and Spain, where he learned to speak both languages fluently. Krige also played rugby for a club in Toulon in the south of France.
When he arrived back in South Africa in 1935, he began his writing career as a reporter for the Rand Daily Mail.
He took part in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939, fighting on the Republican side.
During World War II he was a war correspondent with the South African Army in North Africa. He was captured in 1941 and sent to Italy where he spent two years in a prisoner of war camp. However, he escaped in September 1943 and returned to South Africa in 1946.
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incribed |
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South African |
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Pretoria |
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war poems inscribed
Original printed board, very light wear, in heavy green dj with closed tear on verso, small chip head of spine and glass mark. VG+/G-. Nine of Krige's poems, in Afrikaans, mainly from the early forties. Uys Krige (1910-1987) was a South African writer, poet, rugby player, playwright, translator, war correspondent and romantic.
