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Gus Ferguson (born 1940) is a South African cartoonist, poet and pharmacist. He was born in Scotland, but moved with his parents to South Africa in 1949. His cartoons have been published widely in South Africa; he has also published poems accompanied by cartoons. He has run SnailPress (a small publisher invaluable as a vehicle for many young poets in South Africa) and has most recently published three books of cartoons : ''Love Amongst the Middle-Aged'',''Waiting for Gateau (The Dark side of the Roll'' and ''Dubious Delights of Aging and Other Follies''. He edits a poetry journal, Carapace. A typical example of his verse is as follows :-
He has won various poetry and publishing prizes including the AA Via Award, the Eleanor Anderson Special Award and the Molteno Medal. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa. ==Bibliography== Poetry * ''Snail Morning'' (Ad Donker) (1979) * ''Doggerel Day'' (Ad Donker) (1982) * ''Carpe Diem'' (Carrefour)(1992) * ''The Herding of the Snail'' (Firfield Press) (1995) * ''Icarus Rising'' * ''Light Verse at the end of the Tunnel'' (David Philip)(1996) * ''Stressed-Unstressed'' (David Philip) (2000) * ''Arse Poetica'' (2003) * ''Only One Life He Croaked'' Cartoons * ''Love Amongst the Middle-Aged'' (Queillerie)(1997) * ''Waiting for Gateau'' (2004) * ''Dubious Delights of Aging and Other Follies'' (2006) 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「Gus Ferguson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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