Douglas Livingstone (1932 - 1996) was a South African poet.

He was born in Kuala Lumpur, but his family moved to KwaZulu-Natal after his father was taken prisoner during the Japanese invasion of Malaysia. From 1964 he worked as a marine biologist in Durban. He gained two doctorates from the University of Natal; one for his scientific work and an honorary one for his poetry.

Table of contents
1 Poetry
2 Translations
3 Plays

Poetry

Translations

  • Eight Shona Poems (with Phillipa Berlyn)
  • Wilson Chivaura (with Phillipa Berlyn)

Plays

  • The Sea My Winding Sheet (1964)
  • A Rhino for the Boardroom (1974)
  • The Semblance of the Real (1984)