Karen Press

Karen Press (born 1956) is a South African poet.

She was born in Cape Town, and currently lives in Sea Point. She is a full-time writer and editor, having published eight collections of poetry, a film script, short stories, as well as educational material and textbooks in the fields of science, mathematics, English and economics.

In 1987 she co-founded the publishing collective Buchu Books.

Antjie Krog has described her poetry as "[presenting] a haunting museum constructed in [...] delicate tone and vivid poetic intelligence."