DENNIS VINCENT BRUTUS - (b 28-11-1924) yug nyob rau hauv tam sim no Harare, Zimbabwe rau South African niam txiv. Nws tau kawm hauv South Africa thiab mus kawm hauv tsev kawm ntawv ntawm Fort Hare qhov twg nws tau txais BA nrog Distinction, thiab lub tsev kawm ntawv ntawm Witwatersrand. Nws qhia lus Askiv thiab Afrikaans hauv tsev kawm ntawv rau 14 xyoo.

Raws li tus neeg tawm tsam tawm tsam kev tsis sib haum xeeb nws tau hais tawm, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog hauv kev ua kis las thaum xyoo 1950 thiab 1960's thaum nws yog Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm SANROC (South Africa Non-racial Olympic Committee) Nws qhov kev hais tawm tau ua rau ob yam:

1. Kev cais tawm ntawm SA los ntawm kev ua kis las thoob ntiaj teb.
2. Nws raug txwv thiab tom qab raug ntes.

Tom qab khiav tawm thaum nyob rau hauv qhov kev tso cai nws raug ntes rov qab, tab sis thaum nws rov sim khiav nws raug tua tom qab. Dennis Brutus tau raug txim mus rau 18 lub hlis ua haujlwm hnyav ntawm Robben Island, qhov chaw nws tau ua haujlwm rau nws lub sijhawm hauv tib seem nrog Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, & GovanMbeki.

Tom qab nws tso tawm nws raug categorized li "tsis yog neeg" lub ntsiab lus nws raug txwv los ntawm kev qhia, sau ntawv, luam tawm, mus koom ob qho tib si kev sib tham los yog kev nom kev tswv lub rooj sib tham, los yog los ntawm kev mus nrhiav nws ces kawm nyob rau hauv txoj cai lij choj ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv ntawm Witwatersrand.

Nws tawm hauv South Africa xyoo 1966 thiab ib ntus ua nws lub tsev hauv tebchaws Askiv ua ntej nws tsiv mus rau Asmeskas, qhov chaw nws tau qhia hauv tsev kawm qib siab Denver. Xyoo 1971 nws tau los ua xibfwb ntawm African Literature ntawm Northwestern University hauv Evanston Illinois. Tam sim no nws yog tus xibfwb qhia ntawv ntawm lub unversity ntawm Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Thaum nyob hauv tsev lojcuj nws thawj phau ntawv paj huam tau luam tawm hauv Nigeria los ntawm Mbari Xov Xwm. Cov khoom sau muaj npe "Sirens, Knuckles & Boots" (1962). Phau ntawv no tau txais Mbari Poetry Prize hauv xyoo 1962, tab sis nws tau muab qhov khoom plig poob rau hauv kev tawm tsam qhov tseeb tias nws tsuas yog qhib rau cov kws sau paj huam dub xwb.

Txawm hais tias nws lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb yog kev puas tsuaj thiab qhov tseeb ntawm kev tsim txom thiab kev xav tau los tawm tsam nws, nws lub suab tseem nyob twj ywm lyrical, xav txog thiab nws tsis ua rau nws tus kheej-piv txwv lossis siv kev tshaj tawm hauv nws txoj haujlwm. Nws tus yam ntxwv ntawm kev sib xyaw radical thiab cov paj huam ib txwm muaj nyob rau hauv nws originality.

Tu siab vim nws thiab nws txoj hauj lwm tseem raug txwv nyob rau hauv SA ntev li ntawd nws yeej tsis tau suav nrog hauv tsev kawm ntawv los yog tus kheej anthologies.

Nws tau "tsis raug cai" hauv 1990 thiab pib rov mus xyuas SA. Nws tseem nyob rau qib loj "unsung hero" hauv tsev, txawm tias nws tsis muaj qhov tsis ntseeg yog ib tus kws sau paj huam tseem ceeb tshaj plaws hauv SA. Nws cov paj huam uas nco qab tshaj plaws yog cov uas hais txog / cuam tshuam rau nws tus kheej txoj kev ua neej raws li tus neeg sib tw thiab tus neeg raug tsim txom ntawm apartheid.

Nws tseem muaj kev txhawj xeeb tob thiab tseem koom nrog kev tawm tsam ntawm tib neeg thiab kab lis kev cai txoj cai. Nws qhov kev txaus siab tam sim no nyob hauv African Cov Ntawv Sau, African Txoj Cai, Africa hauv kev txiav txim siab thoob ntiaj teb tshiab thiab paj huam thiab kev sau muaj tswv yim.