Anna Couani

Anna Couani (born 6 April 1948) is a contemporary Australian poet and visual artist.

[3] She was union representative for The NSW Teachers Federation in several Intensive English Centres where she worked in the western suburbs of Sydney.

[citation needed] Couani became interested in experimental writing in the 1970s, which led to her meeting  artists and writers including Robert Kenny, Ken Bolton, Rae Jones and Kris Hemensley.

She established Sea Cruise Books which published books by herself, Pamela Brown, Denis Gallagher, Ken Bolton, Robert Kenny, Kerry Leves, Barbara Brooks, Moya Costello, Carmel Kelly, Kris Hemensley and Joanne Burns in the 1980s.

[citation needed] Since 2014, she has run The Shop Gallery in Glebe with her husband, sculptor Hilik Mirankar.