BIO – ANNEMARIE HENDRIKZ

Annemarie Hendrikz is she who is the widow of Anne Schuster; she who has written the biography ‘Sheena Duncan’, the biographical sketch ‘Dear One, A Tribute to Lucille Gillwald’ (limited and numbered edition), poems and short stories published in collections such as ‘Breaking The silence – A Century of South African Women’s Poetry’, Youth Express, Noseweek and several publications of Women’s Writing Workshops; she who has recently returned, with a black poodle Tanka, to use herself up near her Cape Town children; and she who accepts the unpredictable yet persistent resonances of grief and joy; and who tries not to look away from all that is breaking our hearts in the world.