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This is a list of noted South African poets, poets born or raised in South Africa, whether living there or overseas, and writing in one of the South African languages This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Her later works included poetry collections, Nightstar 1973–1978 (1981), considered one of her best poetry collections, and A Dark and Splendid Mass (1992). [21] [23] In her later work, Evans began to use experimental techniques and incorporate African-American idioms in ways that encouraged readers to identify with and respect the speaker. [5]
Jeni Couzyn (born 1942), Canadian poet and anthologist of South African extraction; Rosemary Daniell (born 1935), American poet and author, known as a second-wave feminist and for writing about the deep south; H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961), American poet, novelist and memoirist known for Imagist poetry; Diane Di Prima (1934–2020 ...
This is a list of South African women writers, ... actor, writer and ... Riana Scheepers (born 1957), writer of children's books, short fiction and poetry; Karin ...
Kwame Alexander (born 1968), writer of poetry and children's fiction; Larry D. Alexander (born 1953), author and artist; Lewis Grandison Alexander (1898–1945), poet, actor and playwright; Candace Allen (born 1950), novelist, cultural critic and screenwriter; Clarissa Minnie Thompson Allen (1859–1941), author and educator
Etheridge Knight (April 19, 1931 – March 10, 1991) was an African-American poet who made his name in 1968 with his debut volume, Poems from Prison.The book recalls in verse his eight-year-long sentence after his arrest for robbery in 1960.
Christine Barkhuizen le Roux (1959–2020), South African poet; Coleman Barks (born 1937), US poet; Mihály Barla (Miháo Barla, c. 1778–1824), Slovenian poet and pastor in Hungary; Mary Barnard (1909–2001), US poet, biographer and translator; Djuna Barnes (1892–1982), US writer; William Barnes (1801–1886), English writer, poet and ...
The following is a partial list of performance poets This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .