Pieter Odendaal is a poet, playwright, translator, and editor. His debut collection, asof geen berge ooit hier gewoon het nie (Tafelberg), received the 2019 Ingrid Jonker Prize. His second poetry collection, Ontaard, was published by Tafelberg this year. He has performed throughout South Africa, in the Netherlands, Nigeria, England, Peru and Ecuador. He was the executive director of InZync Poetry from 2015-2019. He co-edited the translation anthologies Many Tongues (2013) and ConVerse (2018). He holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane (2020) and currently teaches Creative Writing at North-West University in Potchefstroom. His play Droomwerk received the ATKV Woordveertjie and made its debut at the National Arts Festival this year.
