Catastrophes Choisies is not Sinclair Beiles’s first poetry collection to
appear in French, but it is the most elaborate. The South African emigré poet,
writer, and editor was born in Uganda of Russian-Jewish descent, in 1930, and
grew up in Johannesburg from the age of six. An ex-patriate for most of his
life, Beiles lived at various times in Tangiers, Athens, London, Rotterdam, and
Paris, and sporadically had himself committed to hospital wards to deal with
his sometimes fragile mental health ... Read more.
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