Isobel Dixon is a British South African poet, who was acclaimed for her poetry during the early 2000s. Presently, she has permanently relocated to Cambridge, England and often uses the stark contrast between her birth country and the United Kingdom as a basis for her poems.
Dixon’s poems often take an autobiographical approach, as she touches on her childhood and life experiences. She fondly recalls her love of Africa, but also discloses the less pleasant side of things compared to living in England. She further depicts Africa through its vibrancy and its exotic animals, which make up the foundations of most of her poems. Dixon also touches upon the importance of family, having come from a large loving family.
Her poetry anthologies so far, include, Weather Eye (Carapace, 2001), A Fold in the Map (Salt Publishing, 2007), The Tempest Prognosticator (Salt Publishing, 2011) and The Debris Field (Sidekick Books, 2013).
She has also been the recipient of the South African SANLAM Award for Poetry in 2000. She was further awarded the Olive Schreiner Prize in 2004. Dixon has since gone on to write poetry for the British Film Institute.
