Paul Breman


Paul Breman was a Dutch writer, bookseller and publisher.
The late 1950s Breman edited two volumes of African American poetry together with Rosey E. Pool, that were both published in the Netherlands. In 1962 Breman started the "Heritage" series of black poets, beginning with Robert Hayden's A Ballad of Remembrance and his own anthology Sixes and Sevens. Until 1972, 27 titles were published in the Heritage series. Some of the authors later became famous, such as Mari Evans, Dolores Kendrick, Audre Lorde, Clarence Major and Ishmael Reed. This series, run by a Dutchman in London, became one of the most important publishing outlets for African American poetry.