Selected Poems

Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows just a hint of wear to a couple of spots at the extremities and the mildest rubbing to the panels; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the described imperfections only. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo (8.4 x 5.45 x 0.25 inches) . Translated from the Afrikaans by Jack Cope and William Plomer. Language: English. Weight: 3 ounces. First Edition Thus (1988) ; no statement of printing history. Probable first printing. While the original Afrikaans editions are noted, no earlier edition of this selection is credited. This is, however, touted as a "Revised and Enlarged" edition. Paperback. Ingrid Jonker (1933 1965) OIS was a South African poet and one of the founders of modern Afrikaans literature. Her poems have been widely translated into other languages, including English, German, French, Dutch, Polish, Hindi and Zulu, among others. The prestigious Ingrid Jonker Prize for the best debut work of Afrikaans or English poetry was instituted by her friends to honour her legacy. At the opening of the first democratically elected Parliament of South Africa on 24 May 1994, Nelson Mandela praised Jonker's role as a critic of Apartheid and suggested that her suicide was an extreme protest against a nation that refused to hear her. Mandela then read Jonker's poem, Die kind (wat doodgeskiet is deur soldate by Nyanga) ("The child (who was shot dead by soldiers at Nyanga) ") in English translation. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pages.…