Poet Antjie Krog

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Antjie Krog

Living place: South Africa

Birthday: 23-10-1952 (72 years old)

Population of the world 1952: 2.635 billions

Global rank: #77050

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Who is Poet Antjie Krog?
South African poet, author, and scholar known for Januarie-Suite, My Country Skull, and other works. Her many literary honors include the Hertzog Prize, the Alan Paton Prize, and the Olive Schreiner Prize.
She was accused of plagiarism in 2006, but she vehemently denies the allegation.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She spent her youth on her family's South African farm, and she scandalized her Afrikaans community by writing a 1970 anti-Apartheid poem for her literary journal.

Family life info

She is married to John Samuel, an architect, and has four children and several grandchildren.

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She has been compared to Pablo Neruda.

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When was Poet Antjie Krog born?
Antjie Krog birthday 23-10-1952 (at the age of 72).
Where is Poet Antjie Krog's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Antjie Krog was born in South Africa. is a Poet, whose Zodiac is Libra, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dragon. Antjie Krog's global rank is 77050 and whose rank is 708 in list of famous Poet. Population of the world in 1952 is about 2.635 billions persons.
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Events in 1952 and 23-10

Events in the world in the birth year of Antjie Krog

  • George VI of England dies; his daughter becomes Elizabeth II (Feb. 6).
  • NATO conference approves European army (Feb.).
  • King Farouk of Egypt is ousted by a military coup (July 23). General Mohammed Naguib assumes power.
  • Britain announces its development of atomic weapons (Oct.). Background: nuclear weapons
  • Greece and Turkey join NATO.

Birthday Antjie Krog (23-10) in history

  • Day 23-10 year 1915: 25,000 women marched in New York City, demanding the right to vote.
  • Day 23-10 year 1946: The United Nations General Assembly convened in New York for the first time.
  • Day 23-10 year 1973: President Richard Nixon agreed to turn White House tape recordings requested by the Watergate special prosecutor over to Judge John J. Sirica.
  • Day 23-10 year 1983: A suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International airport in Lebanon killed 241 U.S. Marines and sailors.
  • Day 23-10 year 2002: Chechen rebels seized a crowded Moscow theater, taking hundreds hostage. Russian forces stormed the building the next day.
  • Day 23-10 year 2003: Madame Chiang Kai-shek died at age 105.
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