Lipkin, Jean (1926–)
Lipkin, Jean (1926–)
South African poet. Born 1926 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Moved to England (1960) and lived mostly in London; works, which have been praised for their lyricism and elegant evocation of emotion, include Among Stones (1975) and With Fences Down (1986).
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