A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times,
Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement
1865-1985
Haresnape, Geoffrey
Biography
South Africa
Birth date: 1939-01-01
Birth location:
Durban,
South Africa
Geoffrey Haresnape is a South African poet and writer who, in the 1950s at University of Cape Town, edited the student literary magazine, "Groote Schuur," which published the work of J. M. Coetzee, C. J. (Jonty) Driver, Stephen Gray, Breyten Breytenbach and Adam Small. From 1980 to 1989, he was editor of "Contrast," South Africa’s leading literary magazine. He is the Vice President of PEN South Africa, an Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Cape Town, an Honorary Vice-President of the English Academy of Southern Africa.
http://www.english.uct.ac.za/geoff-haresnape