Cope's second volume, GHAAP: Sonnets from the Northern Cape (Kwela and Snailpress) deals with human origins. His poetry is available online at Also by Michael Cope: Goldin: A Tale (iUniverse, 2005), a literary novel dealing with the mythic; and Intricacy: A Meditation on Memory (Double Storey, 2005), a memoir investigating memory. Patrick Cullinan Patrick Cullinan (born 1932) has published 50,000 volumes of poetry, an anthology on the work of Lionel Abrahams, a biography of Robert Jacob Gordon, and a novel, Matrix. Born in Pretoria, he was educated in Johannesburg and Europe. Cullinan's poetic style is dreamy and full of imagery, with a recurring theme of love. He was given the title cavaliere in 2003 by the government of Italy for his work translating much of his poetry into Italian. Mzi Mahola Mzi Mahola was born on 12 February 1949 as Mzikayise Winston Mahola. Mzi Mahola is his nom de plume. He started writing while he was at school. The Special Branch confiscated his first poetry manuscript in 1976 and he lost interest in writing for twelve years. After this period he started writing again, submitting work successfully to national and international journals, magazines and publications. His work has been published in more than eight anthologies. Patricia Schonstein Patricia Schonstein, also published as Patricia Schonstein Pinnock (born 1952), is a novelist as well as a poet. She is the curator of the Poetry in McGregor anthologies and the Africa! anthologies. She attained a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Cape Town under supervision of the Nobel laureate JM Coetzee. Her collection, The Unknown Child has been endorsed by both JM Coetzee and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. See also Dertigers Hertzog Prize Ingrid Jonker Prize List of South African poets List of South African writers South African literature Tweede Asem References External links Badilisha Poetry X-Change and Badilisha Poetry Radio Poetry Africa - International Festival of Poetry Welcome to South African poetry - Poetry International Web sweetmagazine Flash fiction, essays, poetry, reviews and other unheard of desires! Woes.co.za - Poetry in Afrikaans Africa Centre Urban Voices