Rousseau, Ina

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Section: Poets in the News
Poet Name: Rousseau, Ina
Given Name: Ina
Last Name: Rousseau
Date of Birth: 1 January 1926
Biography: Ina Rousseau was a South African poet who produced six volumes of poetry. In 1995 she was awarded the Hertzog Prize, the major award for Afrikaans poetry. The well-known author JM Coetzee translated Ina’s poem “Eden”, published in 1954, into English and analysed it for the April 2007 edition of the magazine "Poetry."

<https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ina-rousseau>
Education: University of Stellenbosch
News Items: Power of the Pen in Exile: The Times Profile, Breyten Breytenbach; A New Look in Writing
Works: Heuningsteen; Grotwater; Versamelde gedigte: 1954-1984; Kwiksilwersirkel; Taxa; ’n Onbekende jaartal; Die verlate tuin; Die stil middelpunt
Close Relationships: Lessing, Doris; Nel, Gert Vlok; Schreiner, Olive; Smit, Hettie; Hambidge, Joan 'Helene'; Brink, André Philippus; Bosman, Herman Charles; Louw, W. E. G.; van den Heever, C. M.; Muller, Petra; Jacobson, Dan; Millin, Sarah Gertrude; Abrahams, Peter; Biko, Bantu Stephen 'Steve'; Woods, Donald James; Naude, Charl-Pierre; Marais, Danie; Gordimer, Nadine; Niekerk, Marlene; Stockenstrom, Wilma; Smith, Pauline Janet; Marais, Loftus 'Lodewikus Stefanus'; Schuitema, Barend; Morton, Do; FitzPatrick, James Percy; van Bruggen, Jochem; Verwey, Len; Breytenbach, Breyten; Eybers, Elisabeth Françoise; Soyinka , Wole 'Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde'; Delius, Anthony 'Ronald St. Martin'; van den Heever, Toon; Blum, Peter; Opperman, Diederik Johannes 'D. J.'; Marais, Eugène Nielen; Plomer, William; Watermeyer, Gottfried Andreas 'G. A.'; Butler, Guy; Pringle, Thomas; Pretorius, S. J. 'Sarel Jacob'; Madge, Charles Henry; Currey, Ralph Nixon 'R. N.'; Leipoldt, C. Louis 'Christian Frederik Louis'; Paton, Alan; Vanwyk Louw, Nicholaas Petrus; Wright, David; Campbell, Roy; Rousseau, Ina; Philander, P. J. 'Peter John'; Krige, Uys; van Heerden, Ernst; MacNab, Roy; Celliers, Jan; Slater, Francis Carey 'F. C.'
Place of Birth: South Africa, Roodepoort
Spatial Coverage: Roodepoort
Region: Southern Africa
Type: Poets in the News