Couzyn, Jeni (1942–)
Couzyn, Jeni (1942–)
South African poet. Born 1942 in Johannesburg, South Africa; attended University of Natal.
Moved to England (1966) and then to British Columbia, Canada; despite absence from South Africa, her poems, both lyric and narrative, remain South African in tone and feeling; works include Flying (1970), Monkeys' Wedding (1972), Christmas in Africa (1975), The Happiness Bird (1978), House of Changes (1979), Life by Drowning (1983) and In the Skin House (1993).
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