Peter Horn, Professor of German, University of Cape Town (1974-1999), Honorary Life Fellow of the University of Cape Town 1994; Hertz-Stiftung Research Fellow 2000/1; Honorary Professor and Research Associate at the University of the Witwatersrand (2005ff). Past President of the SAGV. President of the INST (Vienna). 7 volumes of poetry, and short stories. Pringle Prize 1974. Noma Award: Honorable Mention 1992; Alex La Guma/Bessie Head Award 1993; Charles Herman Bosman Prize 2000; Finalist Caine Prize for African Literature 2000. Poems translated into French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Malayalam, Taglog, Korean, Bangla. Participant in "Belles Etrangeres", Paris. Keynote speaker at the World Poetry Festival in Kuala Lumpur. Essays on German and South African literature.