Isobel Dixon (born 1969) is a South African poet. She is also a literary agent based in London.

Life

Born and raised in South Africa and living now in

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, Isobel Dixon works in

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as a literary agent. She has published several poetry collections and contributed to many collaborative works and anthologies. Her poem "Plenty" now features in the CIE

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English Language Course as part of the poetry anthology. In 2000, she won the South African SANLAM Award for Poetry. In 2004, she won the

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and the

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Poems for a Better Future competition. She was commissioned to write poems by the

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in 2007.Poetry International Web - South Africa
South Africa Poetry International

Collections

* ''Weather Eye'
(Carapace, 2001)
* ''A Fold in the Map'
(Salt Publishing, 2007)
* ''The Tempest Prognosticator'
(Salt Publishing, 2011)
* ''The Debris Field'', with Simon Barraclough and Chris McCab
(Sidekick Books, 2013)

References

External links

Isobel Dixon.com

Review of ''A Fold in the Map''
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