Biography
Robert Berold was born in 1984 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is the author of four books of poetry including The Door to the River (1984), The Fires of the Dead (1989), Rain Across a Paper Field (1999) and All the Days (2008). He explores shame, beauty (nature in Eastern Cape) and the complex layers of contemporary South African living. From 1989 to 1999, Berold served as the editor for the poetry journal New Coin. He received his BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Witwatersrand in 1969, and an MA in Economics and English Literature from Cambridge University in 1972. Founder of Deep South Publishing, he focuses on raising funds to encourage writers and publish poetry by South Africans.
Poetry Collections
The Door to the River ( Bateleur Press, Western Cape, SA, 1984); The Fires of the Dead (Carrefour Press, Cape Town, SA, 1989); Rain Across a Paper Field (Gecko Poetry, Durban, SA, 1999); All the Days (Deep South Publishing, SA, 2008)
Sources
“Robert Berold.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 Feb. 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Berold. Accessed 7 April 2022. Penfold, Tom. “Q&A: Deep South's Robert Berold on Poetry and Publishing in South Africa.” Africa in Words, 6 May 2020, https://africainwords.com/2020/05/07/qa-deep-souths-robert-berold-on-poetry-and-publishing-in-south-africa/. Accessed 7 April 2022. “Robert Berold.” Poetry International Archives, https://www.poetryinternational.org/pi/poet/15081/Robert-Berold/en/tile. Accessed 7 April 2022.
