Roy Blumenthal
Roy Blumenthal (born in 1968 in Johannesburg, South Africa) has been an active poet since the early 1990s. He is the founder of Barefoot Press, which started out printing free pamphlets. Five editions were published, with a print run of 20 000 each.
Roy Blumenthal

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- Roy Blumenthal
- Born
- 1968
- Birthplace
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Occupation
- * Poet
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Roy Blumenthal • Born — 1968 • Birthplace — Johannesburg, South Africa • Occupation — * Poet • screenwriter • novelist • filmmaker • visual artist • Years Active — 1994 – present • Citizenship — South African
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Roy Blumenthal co-edited with Graeme Friedman, A Writer in Stone, the tribute to South African writer, Lionel Abrahams. Blumenthal is also a screenwriter, novelist, filmmaker, and visual artist. A one-time contributor to MoneywebLIFE, Blumenthal is a social commentator and cultural agent who employs a combination of visual, text, and convergent mediums to make sharp and exacting comments about the South African socio-economic milieu. Blumenthal makes his living as a visual facilitator (aka, sketchnoter, or graphic harvester), turning the material he hears in conferences, meetings, and workshops into pictures.
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Roy Blumenthal is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded with the occupation screenwriter. Recorded with the occupation writer. Recorded with the occupation poet. Recorded as film director, writer, poet and screenwriter.
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1968
Roy Blumenthal was born on 1 January 1968.
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