About Karen Press
Born 1956. Karen Press is a South African poet, writer and translator.
Karen Press (born 1956) is a South African poet and translator.
She was born in Cape Town, and lives in Sea Point. Press is a full-time writer and editor, having published ten collections of poetry, a film script, short stories, as well as educational material and textbooks in the fields of science, mathematics, English and economics. She also translated poetry from Afrikaans, primarily work by Antjie Krog.
Poetry Emergency Declarations (found poems, co-produced with Ingrid de Kok, 1985) This Winter Coming (Cinnamon Crocodile, 1986) Bird Heart Stoning the Sea (Buchu Books, 1990) History is the dispossession of the heart (Cinnamon Crocodile, 1992) The Coffee Shop Poems (Snailpress, 1993) Echo Location - a guide to Sea Point for residents and visitors (Gecko Books, 1998) Home (Carcanet, 2000)
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South African poet
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Karen Press was born in 1956 in Cape Town.
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Karen Press is a poet, writer and translator.
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