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South African Literary Magazines 1956–1978
Publication: Gardiner, M. & Siebrits, W. (2005) South African Literary Magazines 1956–1978. Johannesburg: Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art. Image courtesy of A4 Arts Foundation.
Title South African Literary Magazines 1956–1978 Date 2005 Authors Michael Gardiner
Warren Siebrits
Type Book
Physical record
Contributors Sipho Sepamla
Bartho Smith
PA de Waal Venter
Mike Kirkwood
Joyce Ozynski
Guy Butler
Lionel Abrahams
Nat Nakasa
Barney Simon
Christopher Hope
Sinclair Beiles
Phil du Plessis
André P Brink
Publisher Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art

Kol
Published from August 1968–December 1969
10 numbers
Johannesburg

Sestiger
Ed. Bartho Smith & André Brink
Published from 1963–1965
8 numbers
Johannesburg/Grahamstown

Snarl
Ed. Joyce Oyzinski
Published from August 1974–Spring 1977
6 numbers
Johannesburg

Izwi
Ed. Phil du Plessis et al.
Published from October 1971–December 1974
20 numbers
Crown Mines (Johannesburg)

New Coin
Ed. Guy Butler et al.
Published from 1969 to the present
Garahamstown

Wurm
Ed. PA de Waal Venter et al.
Poetry collection Sinclair Beiles, 1969
Published 1966–1970
12 numbers
Pretoria

The Classic
Ed. Nat Nakasa & Barney Simon
Published from 1963–1971
12 numbers
Johannesburg

New Classic
Ed. Sipho Sepamla
Published from 1975–1978
5 numbers
Dube (Johannesburg)/Wattville (Benoni)

Staffrider
Ed. Mike Kirkwood et al.
Published from 1978–1993(1996)
49 numbers
Johannesburg

Bolt
Ed. Christopher Hope et al.
Published January 1970–July 1975
12 numbers plus a poetry supplement
Durban

The Purple Renoster
Ed. Lionel Abrahams
Published from September 1956–Winter 1972
12 numbers
Johannesburg

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