Walking the halls of Stellenbosch University in South Africa, where he lectures within the department of Afrikaans and Dutch, poet and translator Alfred Schaffer muses over sensuous prose and language: introspections that often materialise into hardcover mediations on everyday life. His most recent publications Man Animal Thing (2014) and Posthumous. A Hymn (2016) were met with instant acclaim. Acknowledged for his demure and unswerving poetry, Alfred touches on the absurdity of reality with an arch tone that is thoughtful, tender and compelling.