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A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985
Couzyn, Jeni
Biography
South Africa
Birth date: 1942-07-26
Birth location:
South Africa
Born 1942, Jeni Couzyn is a feminist poet from South Africa, relocated to the United Kingdom and Canada. Her poetry considers and challenges the conception of womanhood, motherhood, and pregnancy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeni_Couzyn
Education
- University of Natal
News Items (9)
- Poetry: African Folk Poetry (1969-06-19) | Poet
- Hopes and resentments (1985-11-29) | Poet
- Lyman Andrews Selects the Best from the Little Presses (1971-05-16) | Mentioned Poet
- Action in Memphis—and Islington (1972-04-02) | Mentioned Poet
- Today BBC1 (1975-02-09) | Mentioned Poet
- A matter of life over death (1981-02-01) | Mentioned Poet
- Let's Get down to Birth (2019-07-07) | Mentioned Poet
Related Works (17)
- Flying (1970) (Poet)
- Flying (1970) (Work Author)
- Monkeys' Wedding (1972) (Poet)
- Monkeys' Wedding (1972) (Work Author)
- House of Changes (1978) (Poet)
- House of Changes (1978) (Work Author)
- The Happiness Bird (1978) (Poet)
- The Happiness Bird (1978) (Work Author)
- Time to Be Born (1999) (Poet)
- Time to Be Born (1999) (Work Author)
- Life by Drowning: Selected Poems (1983) (Poet)
- Life by Drowning: Selected Poems (1983) (Work Author)
- In the Skin House (1993) (Poet)
- In the Skin House (1993) (Work Author)
- Christmas in Africa (1975) (Poet)
- Christmas in Africa (1975) (Work Author)
- The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Women Poets (1985) (Editor)
Commentaries (1)
Close Relationships (10)
Relationships are drawn from direct familial relationships and shared events, news items, works, and educations.
- Kunene, Mazisi 'Raymond' (2)
- Eppel, John (1)
- Livingstone, Douglas (2)
- Opperman, Diederik Johannes 'D. J.' (1)
- Paton, Alan (1)
- Gwala, Mafika Pascal (1)
- Hoffman, Micheal (1)
- Howkins, John (1)
- Aprahamian, Felix (1)
- Emerson, Sally (1)
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