Neil Gevisser is South African born and
Michaelhouse educated.
In 1972, at the height of the Apartheid era in
South Africa, very few books published in that
country, under the author’s real names, were as
blatantly anti-government as Neil Gevisser’s
Picking up the Pieces of Yourself.
Michaelhouse educated.
In 1972, at the height of the Apartheid era in
South Africa, very few books published in that
country, under the author’s real names, were as
blatantly anti-government as Neil Gevisser’s
Picking up the Pieces of Yourself.
Without shrouding his verse in metaphor and
jabbing at Apartheid’s racism in abstractions, Gevisser's verse dug
deep and pure into the heart
of the disease,with poems such as 'Once Proud', 'Inferiority', 'Bar-Bar,
Black-Man' and 'Freckle' to name but a few.
of the disease,with poems such as 'Once Proud', 'Inferiority', 'Bar-Bar,
Black-Man' and 'Freckle' to name but a few.
That book was banned by the Apartheid Regime.
In 1997, after a twenty-five year hiatus from his
literary observations, the author successfully
published his second book of poetry;Cunning
Linguist,which has been described by well
known names as “a witty and serious collection of
works” and “a no-holds barred look at the world around him”.
In 1997, after a twenty-five year hiatus from his
literary observations, the author successfully
published his second book of poetry;Cunning
Linguist,which has been described by well
known names as “a witty and serious collection of
works” and “a no-holds barred look at the world around him”.
Lap Of The Dogs, a graphic
Poem/Story, is a literary and illustrative creation, that deals with
Fight,Flight and conflict resolution in a unique way.
Neil Gevisser has three more
books that will be published some time in 2010; a novel; The Rape Of
District 6,... a 350 page poetry anthology called Rhyme Disease and
another graphic poem/story called Princess Id Of Tides.
Neil is alive and well and living incognito!
