Liesl Jobson
Encyclopedia
Liesl Jobson is a South Africa
n poet
and musician.
She received first prize in the Inglis House Poetry Contest 2003 and her poetry
was performed at the "Art of Survival" exhibition of the University of Alaska Fairbanks
' Women's Art Group. She was the Focus Poet for Timbila 2005 and her poetry appears in numerous journals online and in print. She won the 2005 People Opposing Women Abuse Poetry Competition and has been awarded the 2006 Ernst van Heerden Creative Writing Award for her flash fiction.
Jobson is the poetry editor at the online magazine Mad Hatters' Review.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and musician.
She received first prize in the Inglis House Poetry Contest 2003 and her poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
was performed at the "Art of Survival" exhibition of the University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Alaska Fairbanks
The University of Alaska Fairbanks, located in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska System, and is abbreviated as Alaska or UAF....
' Women's Art Group. She was the Focus Poet for Timbila 2005 and her poetry appears in numerous journals online and in print. She won the 2005 People Opposing Women Abuse Poetry Competition and has been awarded the 2006 Ernst van Heerden Creative Writing Award for her flash fiction.
Jobson is the poetry editor at the online magazine Mad Hatters' Review.
External links
- http://smokelong.com/interview/72.asp Interview in SmokeLong Quarterly, June 15, 2004
- http://smokelong.com/interview/104.asp Interview in SmokeLong Quarterly, October 15, 2004
- http://www.madhattersreview.com/issue1/poems/jobson.shtml "Missive from Shakaland" in Mad Hatters' Review
- http://smokelong.com/flash/862.asp "Green Socks, White Lies" in SmokeLong Quarterly, June 15, 2004
- http://smokelong.com/flash/1314.asp "Shopping List" in SmokeLong Quarterly, October 15, 2004
- http://www.elimae.com/fiction/Jobson/Jobson.html "Two Fictions" in elimae
- http://www.pindeldyboz.com/ljcaptain.htm "The Captain's Hat" in Pindeldyboz
- http://www.friggmagazine.com/issuefour/poemsstories/lieslpremature.htm "Journal of a Premmie" in FRiGG Magazine
- http://liesljobson.book.co.za "View from an Escalator and 100 Papers" in Book Southern Africa
- http://www.madhattersreview.com/issue10/reviews_jobson1.shtml "100 PAPERS by Liesl Jobson Reviewed by Lalo Fox" in Mad Hatters' Review, Issue 10, Fall 2008