Biography
Patrick Cullinan, born in 1932, spent the majority of his adult life in South Africa, though he struggled with his identity as a South African due to his childhood spent in England. Cullinan, alongside Lionel Abrahams, founded The Bateleur Press in 1974 and later the literary journal The Bloody Horse in 1980. Cullinan was a renowned poet, winning awards such as the Slug Award, the Olive Schreiner Prize, three Pringle Awards, the Sanlam Literary Award and the Merit Award. His published poetry collections include The Horizon Forty Miles Away (1973), Today Is Not Different (1978), The White Hail in the Orchard (1984) and Selected Poems 1961 - 1991 (1992).
