Born in Berlin, son of Oskar Bruno Dschenffzig and Elisabeth Marwitz; he emigrated to London in 1933, and was interned as an `enemy alien' in mid-1940 and taken to Australia where he spent two years in NSW behind barbed wire studying mathematics and philosophy and passed the Melbourne University Entrance exam. He returned to England and spent two years in agriculture, then a year as a nurse and a hospital stoker. In 1945 he married Gabi Herrmann, a nurse and fellow refugee. He studied theology at Wistow, near Leicester and did so well in the London University Intermediate examination that a grant enanbled him to study English at Leicester University College. He spent seven years at Makerere in Kampala, Uganda and then in 1961 moved to New Zealand and joined the staff at Auckland University where he taught for 25 years. From the 1970s he was an environmental activist, with Friends of the Earth. On retirement he became an organic grower in the Far North and was a founding member of their association, also of the Community Business and Environment Centre. After the death of his first wife he married Evelyn Heke-Dane. His published works are: Twenty-four sonnets (Lowry Press, 1982), The Albatross is dead (Hudson Cresset, 2000), Loving art (Hudson Cresset, 2004), Past present (Hudson Cresset, 2005), Timeless love (Hudson Cresset, 2007), Sex poems (Words that work, 2007), Undone (Words that work, 2008). Some time after his first marriage in 1945 he changed his surname to Dane. Father of David and Nancy. Died in July 2016 at 94 years old. [Source: www.publishme.co.nz 2009 & personal records]
Dane, Klaus Peter, 1921-2016
Inward and outward correspondence and related papers (2a)
Date: [1998]
From: Sandys, Elspeth Somerville, 1940- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7646-3
Description: First part of file 2 of correspondence and affidavits relating to legal negotiations between Sandys and Maurice Shadbolt during the dissolution of their marriage Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Poetry readings by Peter Dane, Kendrick Smithyman and Keith Sinclair
Date: Winter 1974 - 01 Jan 1974
From: Waiata Recordings. Recordings of New Zealand poetry
Reference: OHInt-0550/08
Description: Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT7-0032 Quantity: 1 7" reel(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other inventory includes titles of poems recorded. Provenance: Recordings made for a long playing record
Series 7 Further Papers
Date: [1987-2016]
From: Dane, Klaus Peter, 1921-2016: Papers
Reference: Series-6104
Description: Correspondence, literary drafts, poems, printed matter and other material, much of it from Norman P Franke at Waikato University. A large proportion of the material is in German. Also includes one document which is embargoed until December 2035. Physical Description: Manuscripts, typescripts, holograph material.
Mews, Douglas : The Kiss ; opera / composed by Douglas Mews with libretto written by Pe...
Date: 27 Mar 1985
From: New Zealand Public Radio : Concert FM New Zealand Composer Sound Archive
By: Mews, Douglas Kelson, 1918-1993; Griffiths, David John, 1950-; Cornish, Kenneth, active 1960s-2000s; Dane, Klaus Peter, 1921-2016; Creagh, Roger, active 1976-1990s; Coker, Geoffrey, 1949-; Moller, Anthea, active 1972-2009; Maybee, Jennifer, active 1985; Amos, Stephen, active 1985; Matteucci, Juan, 1920-1990; Auckland Chamber Orchestra
Reference: MSDT-0144-1
Description: Tape 2 of 2 Performer: Griffiths, David (bar) Performer: Cornish, Kenneth Performer: Creagh, Roger Performer: Coker, Geoffrey (ctr-ten) Performer: Moller, Anthea (m-sop) Performer: Maybee, Jennifer (sop) Performer: Amos, Stephen Performer: Matteucci, Juan (cond) Performer: Auckland Chamber Orchestra Quantity: 1 DAT tape(s). 61.30 Minutes and seconds Duration. Finding Aids: NZ Public Radio listing. Provenance: Concert FM
Letters from Peter and Gabi Dane
Date: 1998
From: Sandys, Elspeth Somerville, 1940- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8193-3
Description: Letters from Peter and Gabi Dane (1998) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Sandys, Elspeth Somerville, 1940- :Photographs of Peter and Gabi Dane
Date: [ca 1999]
By: Sandys, Elspeth Somerville, 1940-
Reference: PAColl-8293
Description: Photographs of Peter and Gabi Dane, taken ca 1999. Photographs sent to Elspeth Sandys with correspondence. Peter Dane is a librettist, and he and his wife Gabi were living in Jacks Bay, Russell in 1999. Quantity: 5 colour original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-8193-4 : Letters from Peter and Gabi Dane (A2005-036)..
Letters from Peter and Gabi Dane
Date: 1995-1997
From: Sandys, Elspeth Somerville, 1940- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8193-2
Description: Letters from Peter and Gabi Dane (1995-1997) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward and outward correspondence and related papers (2b)
Date: [Sep 1998-1999]
From: Sandys, Elspeth Somerville, 1940- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7646-4
Description: Second part of file 2 of correspondence and affidavits relating to legal negotiations between Sandys and Maurice Shadbolt during the dissolution of their marriage; includes letter from Shadbolt regarding his state of health Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Peter Dane - Raw on the tongue; sixty sonnets (typescript)
Date: [1998-1999]
From: Sandys, Elspeth Somerville, 1940- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7646-9
Description: Other Titles - The albatross is dead Relationship complexity - Published in 2000 as `The albatross is dead'; located at 821 in ATL collection and 821.2 in WN collection Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward correspondence post MMP
Date: 1993
From: Clark, Colin Maxwell, 1931-2002 : Papers
Reference: 2003-273-04
Description: Inward correspondence and related papers following the MMP election; identified correspondents entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph from letter from Britta Stabenow, Timaru, showing MMP publicity.
Letters from Peter and Gabi Dane
Date: 1999-2005
From: Sandys, Elspeth Somerville, 1940- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8193-4
Description: Letters from Peter and Gabi Dane (1999-2005) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Five photographs; see PAColl-8293.
Mews, Douglas : The Kiss ; opera / composed by Douglas Mews with libretto written by Pe...
Date: 27 Mar 1985
From: New Zealand Public Radio : Concert FM New Zealand Composer Sound Archive
By: Mews, Douglas Kelson, 1918-1993; Griffiths, David John, 1950-; Cornish, Kenneth, active 1960s-2000s; Dane, Klaus Peter, 1921-2016; Creagh, Roger, active 1976-1990s; Coker, Geoffrey, 1949-; Moller, Anthea, active 1972-2009; Maybee, Jennifer, active 1985; Amos, Stephen, active 1985; Matteucci, Juan, 1920-1990; Auckland Chamber Orchestra
Reference: MSDT-0143-4
Description: Tape 1 of 2 Performer: Griffiths, David (bar) Performer: Cornish, Kenneth Performer: Creagh, Roger Performer: Coker, Geoffrey (ctr-ten) Performer: Moller, Anthea (m-sop) Performer: Maybee, Jennifer (sop) Performer: Amos, Stephen Performer: Matteucci, Juan (cond) Performer: Auckland Chamber Orchestra Quantity: 1 DAT tape(s). 61.30 Minutes and seconds Duration. Finding Aids: NZ Public Radio listing. Provenance: Concert FM
Letters from Peter and Gabi Dane
Date: 1989-1994
From: Sandys, Elspeth Somerville, 1940- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8193-1
Description: Letters from Peter and Gabi Dane (1989-1994) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Dane, Klaus Peter, 1921-2016: Papers
Date: [ca 1920s]-2014
By: Dane, Klaus Peter, 1921-2016
Reference: MS-Group-1750
Description: Papers and correspondence of Peter Dane, including family documents and correspondence relating to his wife Gabriele and their children, relatives, and friends. Also includes literary materials, such as drafts of poems, and correspondence with other writers and artists, both in New Zealand and overseas. Other literary items include materials from the Russell Writing Group, and research materials relating to Dane's study of the poetry of John Donne. Additionally, the collection contains records of Dane's environmental activism, including Parliamentary submissions and correspondence with members of Parliament, as well as articles pertaining to environmental issues in New Zealand, such as pollution, energy policy, and genetic engineering. Source of title - Supplied by Library Writer, poet, and environmental activist, Peter Dane was born in Berlin, emigrated to London in 1933, interned as an `enemy alien' in mid-1940 and taken to Australia where he spent two years in New South Wales. Dane was released and returned to England, and married Gabriele Herrmann in 1945, before moving to Kampala, Uganda for seven years. In 1961 he and his family moved to New Zealand, and he joined the faculty of Auckland University. He is the author of multiple books of poetry, and involved with Friends of the Earth, an environmental advocacy organisation. Quantity: 146 folder(s). 1.52 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss,typescripts and printed matter Transfers: Collection taken into the Manuscripts Collection as a whole, transfers made from there. - To Photographic Archive - Digital photographs of Peter Dane and Evelyn Heke-Dane, reference number PADL-000868..
Curricula vitae and affidavits
Date: [1998]
From: Sandys, Elspeth Somerville, 1940- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7646-5
Description: File of papers including curricula vitae and references for Sandys and affidavits; most persons identified but also included letters from Margaret [?] Strid, Titirangi; [?] P E Turner, who did house cleaning for Sandys and Shadbolt Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Dane, Peter, 1921- :Photographs of Peter Dane and Evelyn Heke-Dane
Date: 1 Feb 2006
By: Dane, Klaus Peter, 1921-2016
Reference: PADL-000868
Description: Photographs of Peter Dane with Evelyn Heke-Dane, and a woman, possibly Beate, taken 1 February 2006 by an unidentified photographer. The subjects are standing outdoors. The CD on which the photos were received was labelled, 'peter and evelyn fotos 01.02.2006 at Beate and Thomas'. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 8 digital photograph(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Dane, Peter 1921- Papers (MS-Group-1750).