Gary Cummiskey
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Gary Cummiskey is a South African poet
and publisher.
He was born in England
and moved to South Africa in 1983. He is the editor of Dye Hard Press, which since 1994 has published writers such as Gail Dendy, Arja Salafranca
, Alan Finlay, Philip Zhuwao, Roy Blumenthal
, Gus Ferguson
and Kobus Moolman
. He is the editor of Green Dragon literary journal, which started in 2002.
Cummiskey is co-editor with Eva Kowalska of Who was Sinclair Beiles? published by Dye Hard Press in 2009. That same year, Cummiskey compiled Beauty Comes Grovelling Forward, a selection of South African poetry and prose published online at www.bigbridge.org.
He was a participant in the 2008 Poetry Africa
International Festival held in Durban, South Africa
.
Through Dye Hard Press, Cummiskey published an anthology of South African short fiction, The Edge of Things, selected by Arja Salafranca, in 2011.
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 publisher.
He was born in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and moved to South Africa in 1983. He is the editor of Dye Hard Press, which since 1994 has published writers such as Gail Dendy, Arja Salafranca
Arja Salafranca
Arja Salafranca is a South African writer and poet.Arja Salafranca was born in Spain in 1971 and is a South African writer and poet. She has had fiction, poetry and essays published in a number of journals and anthologies....
, Alan Finlay, Philip Zhuwao, Roy Blumenthal
Roy Blumenthal
Roy Blumenthal has been an active poet since the early 1990s.He is the founder of Barefoot Press, which started out printing free pamphlets...
, Gus Ferguson
Gus Ferguson
Gus Ferguson is a South African cartoonist, poet and pharmacist. He was born in Scotland, but moved with his parents to South Africa in 1949....
and Kobus Moolman
Kobus Moolman
Kobus Moolman is a South African poet.He has published four volumes of poetry, a collection of radio plays, and teaches creative writing at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban...
. He is the editor of Green Dragon literary journal, which started in 2002.
Cummiskey is co-editor with Eva Kowalska of Who was Sinclair Beiles? published by Dye Hard Press in 2009. That same year, Cummiskey compiled Beauty Comes Grovelling Forward, a selection of South African poetry and prose published online at www.bigbridge.org.
He was a participant in the 2008 Poetry Africa
Poetry Africa
Poetry Africa is an international poetry festival held annually in Durban, South Africa.More than twenty poets, predominantly from South Africa and elsewhere on the African continent, participate in the 7–10 day Poetry Africa, an international poetry festival that is based mostly in Durban, South...
International Festival held in Durban, South Africa
Durban
Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...
.
Through Dye Hard Press, Cummiskey published an anthology of South African short fiction, The Edge of Things, selected by Arja Salafranca, in 2011.