GESTALTES 1947 - Geteken / Signed

GESTALTES is 'n Jeugwerk van Sheila Cussons en word in 'n beperkte oplaag van 1000 ondertekende eksemplare uitgegee by geleentheid van die digteres se sestigste verjaardag op 9 Augustus 1982. Hierdie eksemplaar is nommer 630.

Ingesluit 'n tweedehandse kopie van Plektrum. Hierdie bundel gedigte ontvang die volende toekennings:

• Ingrid Jonker-prys 1970
• Eugène Marais-prys 1971
• WA Hofmeyr-prys 1972

Sheila Cussons (9 August 1922 – 25 November 2004) was an Afrikaans poet. She was born on the Moravian missionary station near Piketberg, South Africa, and, after matriculating from Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool, studied fine arts at the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg. She was one of the most important poets in Afrikaans, besides an accomplished painter and artist.

The poet D.J. Opperman was influential in her decision to write in Afrikaans, while N. P. van Wyk Louw maintained prolonged correspondence with her, which they both considered as beneficial to their work. Nevertheless, she always deemed herself to be a visual artist in the first instance, and a poet second.

Publishing 11 volumes of poetry during her lifetime, she received the Ingrid Jonker Prize (1970), the Eugène Marais Prize (1971), the WA Hofmeyr Prize three times (1972, 1982 and 1991), the CNA Prize (1981), the Louis Luyt Prize (1982), and the prestigious Hertzog Prize in 1983.

She died in 2004 at the age of 82, at Nazareth House, a Catholic institution in Vredehoek.