In a Burning Sea - Marlise Joubert (Paperback)

This anthology is a collection of Afrikaans poems with their English translations from poets who are actively writing and publishing. The editor hopes it will go some way towards remedying the present lack of exposure and encourage future publications offering translations of writing also representative of the broader traditions of historical and twentieth-century Afrikaans poetry. Individuals were asked to submit up to ten poems; some offered their own translations, but for the remainder, a panel of excellent English translators were used. In each case the poet worked in close collaboration with the translator of his or her choice.

Marlise Joubert is a freelance writer and a painter. She was the editor of four volumes of poetry featuring work of the poets participating in the annual Versindaba poetry festivals. Her first volume of poetry was published in 1970 and her seventh volume, Splintervlerk, was published in 2011 and was nominated for the SALA Poetry Prize in 2012. She is also the webmaster of Versindaba.co.za.