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Jeni Couzyn, poet of the twentieth century and later, calls herself a blend of several nationalities (South African, British, and Canadian) and of many.!

Consists of letters and proofs relating to the published poetry works of Jeni Couzyn.

  • Jeni Couzyn was born and educated in South Africa, which she left in 1965, and has since become a Canadian citizen, although she lives in Britain.
  • Jeni Couzyn, poet of the twentieth century and later, calls herself a blend of several nationalities (South African, British, and Canadian) and of many.
  • "This selection is a fine introduction to the work of a major international poet who writes of Africa, politics, feminism, and the birth experience in a.
  • Jeni Couzyn was born in South Africa in 1942.

    • Jeni Couzyn

    South African poet

    Jeni Couzyn (born 1942) is a feminist poet and anthologist of South African extraction who lives and works in Canada and the United Kingdom. Her best known collection is titled Life by Drowning: Selected Poems (1985), which includes an earlier sequence A Time to Be Born (1981) that chronicles her pregnancy and the birth of her daughter.[1][2][3]

    Biography

    Couzyn was born in South Africa and educated at the University of Natal.

    She emigrated to Britain in 1966 and established herself as a freelance writer. She became a Canadian citizen in 1975 and the following year was appointed writer-in-residence at the University of Victoria, British Columbia.

    Since then she has divided her time between England, Canada, and South Africa.[4]

    Work

    Poetry

    Couzyn's first collection was titled Flying (1970). Later collections include Christmas in Africa (1975), A Time to be Born (1981), Life by Drowning: