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Donald Alasdair Calum Maclennan (9 December 1929 – 9 February 2009) was a South African poet, critic, playwright and English professor. He published a number of plays, short stories, collections of poems and scholarly works. Born on 9 December 1929, in London, England, Maclennan came to South Africa as a child in 1938. He was educated at Witwatersrand University and Edinburgh University.〔("Maclennan, Donald (Alasdair Calum)" ) article, ''Student Encyclopedia of African Literature'', by Douglas Killam, Alicia L. Kerfoot, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007 ISBN 978-0-313-33580-8, retrieved via Google Books on 13 February 2009〕 Maclennan's academic career included lecturing at Wits University and the University of Cape Town.〔Loewe, Mike, ("Poet and playwright Maclennan dies at 79" ), article, 12 February 2009, Independent Online website of the Independent newspaper, article "was originally published on page 9 of Cape Argus on February 12, 2009", according to the Web page, retrieved 13 February 2009〕 He taught in both South Africa and the United States.〔("Prof Don A C MacLennan" ) at Rhodes University website, retrieved 13 February 2009〕 He began teaching at Rhodes University in 1966, teaching English there for more than 40 years,〔 although he officially retired in 1994. In later years, he continued to teach at the university, giving weekly seminars for another decade.〔("RIP Don Maclennan: 1929 – 2009. February 10th, 2009 by Ben – Editor", article at Book SA News website, retrieved 13 February 2009 )〕 In his final years, he self-published a number of works of poetry.〔 In his last decade, Maclennan had motor-neuron disease. He suffered a stroke in January 2009, although his mind was not affected by it. He died 9 February 2009, in Port Elizabeth.〔 ==Bibliography== Years link to corresponding "() in poetry" article for poetry; for literature, to corresponding "() in literature" article: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Don Maclennan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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