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Also Known As	Frederick Guy Butler
Born	January 21, 1918 • South Africa
Died	April 26, 2001 (aged 83) • Makhanda • South Africa
Notable Works	“A Local Habitation” • “Bursting World” • “Cape Charade” • “Dove Returns, The” • “Pilgrimage to Dias Cross” • “Stranger to Europe” • “Take Root or Die”

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