Joan Hambidge | |
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| Born | 11 September 1956 Aliwal North, South Africa |
| Nationality | South Africans |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, poet, writer, critic |
Joan Helene Hambidge (born 11 September 1956 in Aliwal North, South Africa) (the English surname notwithstanding), is an Afrikaans poet, literary theorist and academic. She is a prolific poet in Afrikaans, controversial as a public figure and critic and notorious for her out-of-the-closet style of writing. Her theoretic contributions deal mainly with Roland Barthes, deconstruction, postmodernism, psychoanalysis and metaphysics.