Biography

POET

Name: Ingrid Jean Fiske

Professional Name: Ingrid de Kok

Email: ingrid.fiske@uct.ac.za

Place of Birth: Johannesburg, South Africa

Date of Birth: 4th June 1951

Ingrid de Kok grew up in Stilfontein, a gold mining town in what was then the Western Transvaal. When she was 12 years old, her parents moved to Johannesburg. In 1977 she emigrated to Canada where she lived until returning to South Africa in 1984. She has one son, Luke Fiske. Her partner is Tony Morphet.

Education and Qualifications

Matric: St Andrew's School Bedforview, Johannesburg

1972: BA (English & Political Science), University of the Witwatersrand

1974: BA Honours (English), University of Cape Town

1984: MA (English), Queens' University, Kingston, Canada.

Current Employment

January 1988 to present: Centre for Extra-Mural Studies, based in the Centre for Higher Education Studies, University of Cape Town.

Ingrid is a Fellow of the University of Cape Town, a Professor in Extra Mural Studies and part of a team of two that designs and administers the public non-formal educational curriculum that constitutes the Extra-Mural Programmes at the University of Cape Town.

Professional Activities

1987 - 2007:	Trustee of Buchu Press
1998 - 2001:	Nominated “civil society” member of the Arts and Culture Council of the City of Cape Town
2000 - present:	Member of PEN South Africa
2000 - 2005:	Convenor of the Winter School, and member of the committee of the National Arts Festival, Grahamstown.
2002:	Member of the Literature Committee for the City of Cape Town 2002 Festival
2005 - present:	Chair of the South African Association of Canadian Studies
Sept 2007 - March 2009:	Member of the Literary Advisory Committee of the South African National Arts Council (NAC)
2009:	Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Seagull Book. Africa List