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-[[Alewyn Lee]] (1926 (?)-1993) was an actor, radio and TV announcer, linguist, translator and head language advisor to the [[SABC]].
+Alewyn Lee (1926*-1993) was an [[Afrikaans]] language advisor, translator, broadcaster and occasional actor, best known for his Afrikaans translations of [[Anton Chekhov]] and for a long career as head language advisor to the [[SABC]].
-==Biography==
+== Biography ==
-Lee completed a BA degree in English and [[Afrikaans]] at the [[University of Pretoria]] and joined the [[SABC]] as announcer and language editor in 1949, ultimately becoming the head language advisor to the [[SABC]]. His insistence on maintaining  language standards in the [[SABC]] would become the stuff of legend in the industry.  He worked for them there till his retirement.
+Lee completed a BA in English and [[Afrikaans]] at the [[University of Pretoria]] and joined the [[SABC]] as announcer and language editor in 1949. He rose to become the corporation's head language advisor, a post he held until his retirement, and his insistence on maintaining language standards became the stuff of legend in the industry. He published numerous works on language and language questions, and was a lifetime member of the [[Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge]] ([[FAK]]) and a member of the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]].
-Among his other, more publicly notable, contributions to radio and TV were his role as presenter of the perennially popular literary programme ''Skrywers en boeke'', a discussion of writers and books, and his participation in the TV quiz show ''Dis my geheim'' ("This is my secret").
+He died in Johannesburg in 1993, at the age of 66,* of liver cancer.
-He also published numerous works on language and language issues, and had occasional stints as actor for stage, radio and film.
+== Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and performance ==
-He was elected a lifetime member of the [[Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge]] ([[FAK]]).
+=== Broadcasting ===
-== Acting ==
+Lee presented the long-running literary programme ''Skrywers en boeke'' ("Writers and books") for many years, and was a panellist on the television quiz show ''Dis my geheim'' ("This is my secret"), alongside [[Carel Trichardt]] and [[Sybil Coetzee]], with [[Cobus Robinson]] as presenter.
-=== For stage ===
+Acting was an occasional pursuit across stage, radio and film; his stage and radio credits have not been traced.* On television he appeared in ''[[Willem]]''. His traced film roles are ''[[Staal Burger]]'' (as Col. Japie Joubert, 1969), ''[[Breekpunt]]'' (as the chemist, 1971), ''[[Ma Skryf Matriek]]'' (1975) and ''[[Die Rebel]]'' (as Dr. Smit, 1976).
-=== For radio ===
+''[[Elweheuwel]]'', an [[Afrikaans]] version of Johan Ludvig Heiberg's Danish national play ''Elverhøi'', translated and adapted for radio with [[Neil Pascoe]] (1953); broadcast by the [[SABC]] in Durban in its ''Univaal Radioteater''.
-===For TV===
+Leo Tolstoy's ''[[The Death of Ivan Ilyich]]'', translated as ''[[Die dood van Iwan Iljitsj]]'' (1960).
-''[[Willem]]''
+''[[Fuente Ovejuna]]'' by Lope de Vega, translated as ''[[Skaapfontein]]'' ("Sheep Fountain") (1963).
-=== For film ===
+Alberto Moravia's novel ''[[La ciociara]]'' (''[[Two Women]]''), translated as ''[[Twee vroue]]'' (1965).
-Had roles in the following films: ''[[Staal Burger]]'' (1969),  ''[[Breekpunt]]'' ("Chemist", 1971); ''[[Ma Skryf Matriek]]'' (1975); ''[[Die Rebel]]'' ("Dr. Smit" , 1976).
+''[[La regina e gli insorti]]'' by [[Ugo Betti]], translated as ''[[Die Koningin en die Rebelle]]'' (1969).
-== Translations ==
+''[[Delitto all'isola delle capre]]'' (see ''[[Crime on Goat Island]]'') by [[Ugo Betti]], translated as ''[[Misdaad op Bokeiland]]'' (1969).
-As a translator, he exerted a significant impact on [[radio drama]], [[TV drama]] and theatre over the years, notably through his translations of works by various international playwrights, texts used for radio and stage production.
+''[[Alicia en el Paris de Las Maravillas]]'' by the Spanish playwright Miguel Sierra, translated as ''[[Alicia in die Wonderlike Parys]]''.*
-He (co-)translated and adapted numerous plays into [[Afrikaans]] from seven languages, among them:
+''[[Ek gaan jou Doodmaak!]]'' ("I'm Going to Kill You!"), credited to Lee as a translation of an unnamed Spanish work by Joaquin Amichatis.*
-''[[Il Paese delle Vacanze]]'' by [[Ugo Betti]] (1937), translated as ''[[Skrikkeljaar]]'' (1959)
+He was particularly celebrated for his translations of Anton Chekhov: ''[[Die seemeeu]]'' (''[[The Seagull]]''), ''[[Die Kersieboord]]'' (''[[The Cherry Orchard]]''), ''[[Drie susters]]'' (''[[Three Sisters]]''), ''[[Oom Wanja]]'' (''[[Uncle Vanya]]''), ''[[Die Buffel]]'' (lit. "The buffalo", i.e. ''[[The Bear]]''), ''[[Die huweliksaansoek]]'' (''[[The Proposal]]'', with [[C. Benade]] and [[Nerina Ferreira]]) and ''[[Die groot vraag]]''. In 1980 his collection ''[[Die Buffel e.a. Eenakters]]'' ("The Buffalo and other one-act plays") appeared, containing ''Langs die grootpad'', ''Die Buffel'', ''Die Groot vraag'' and ''Jubileum'', published by [[Tafelberg]].
-''[[Fuente Ovejuna]]'' by Lope de Vega, translated as ''[[Skaapfontein]]'' ("Sheep Fountain") (1963)
+Several of these translations remained in use long after his death: ''[[Die huweliksaansoek]]'' and ''[[Die Buffel]]'' were staged together at the [[Woordfees|US Woordfees]] in 2011, and his ''[[Oom Anton by die see]]'' (a translation of ''[[Chekhov in Yalta]]'') appeared on the same festival programme.
-''[[Mariken van Nieumeghen]]'', translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Marietjie van Nijmegen]]'' (1963)
+== Awards ==
-''[[Elweheuwel]]'' by Johan Ludvig Heiberg, translated and adapted for radio with  Neil Pascoe (1953)
+: [[Artes Award]] for his translations of Anton Chekhov, including the collection ''[[Die Buffel e.a. Eenakters]]''.
-''[[La regina e gli insorti]]'' by [[Ugo Betti]]. Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Koningin en die Rebelle]]'' (1969)
+== Sources ==
-He was particularly celebrated for his translations of Chekhov, in 1980 receiving an [[Artes Award]] for them. They include  ''[[Die seemeeu]]'' (''[[The Seagull]]''), ''[[Die Kersieboord]]'' (''[[The Cherry Orchard]]''), ''[[Drie susters]]'' (''[[Three Sisters]]''), ''[[Oom Wanja]]'', ''[[Die buffel]]'' (lit. "The buffalo", i.e. ''[[The Bear]]''), ''[[Die huweliksaansoek]]'' (''[[The Proposal]]'') (with [[C. Benade]] and [[Nerina Ferreira]]) and  ''[[Die groot vraag]]''.
+''[[Die Burger]]'', 26 February 1993.
-In 1980 his celebrated collection ''[[Die Buffel e.a. Eenakters]]'' ("The Buffalo and other one act plays") by [[Anton Chekhov]] appeared, containing ''Langs die grootpad'', ''Die Buffel'', ''Die Groot vraag'' and ''Jubileum'', published by Tafelberg Publishers Ltd. He received an [[Artes Award]] for this publication and his other translations of Chekhov.
+''[[Beeld]]'', 26 February 1993: p. 2.
-== Sources ==
+[[Andries Bezuidenhout]]. 2016. 'Dis my geheim', ''Versindaba'', 9 May 2016. https://versindaba.co.za/2016/05/09/andries-bezuidenhout-dis-my-geheim/
-[[Die Burger]] Vrydag, 26 Februarie 1993 bls [http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dieburger/1993/02/26/2/4.html]
+https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024816/
-[[Beeld]], Vrydag, 26 Februarie 1993 bls 2[http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/1993/02/26/2/12.html]
+Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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 === For film ===
-Had roles in the following films: ''[[Staal Burger]]'' (1969),  ''[[Breekpunt]]'' ("Chemist", 1971); ''[[Ma skryf Matriek]]'' (1975); ''[[Die Rebel]]'' ("Dr. Smit" , 1976).
+Had roles in the following films: ''[[Staal Burger]]'' (1969),  ''[[Breekpunt]]'' ("Chemist", 1971); ''[[Ma Skryf Matriek]]'' (1975); ''[[Die Rebel]]'' ("Dr. Smit" , 1976).
 == Translations ==

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 === For film ===
-Had roles in the following films: ''[[Breekpunt]]'' ("Chemist", 1971); ''[[Ma skryf Matriek]]'' (1975);
+Had roles in the following films: ''[[Staal Burger]]'' (1969),  ''[[Breekpunt]]'' ("Chemist", 1971); ''[[Ma skryf Matriek]]'' (1975); ''[[Die Rebel]]'' ("Dr. Smit" , 1976).
 == Translations ==

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	He also published numerous works on language and language issues, and had occasional stints as actor for stage, radio and film.		He also published numerous works on language and language issues, and had occasional stints as actor for stage, radio and film.
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−	~~As an actor he appeared in and the films such as ''[[Staal Burger]]'' (1969), ''[[Breekpunt]]'' (1971), ''[[Ma Skryf Matriek]]'' (1975) and ''[[Die Rebel]]'' (1976).~~

	He was elected a lifetime member of the [[Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge]] ([[FAK]]).		He was elected a lifetime member of the [[Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge]] ([[FAK]]).

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	Among his other, more publicly notable, contributions to radio and TV were his role as presenter of the perennially popular literary programme ''Skrywers en boeke'', a discussion of writers and books, and his participation in the TV quiz show ''Dis my geheim'' ("This is my secret").		Among his other, more publicly notable, contributions to radio and TV were his role as presenter of the perennially popular literary programme ''Skrywers en boeke'', a discussion of writers and books, and his participation in the TV quiz show ''Dis my geheim'' ("This is my secret").
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−	As a translator, he exerted a significant impact on [[radio drama]], [[TV drama]] and theatre over the years, notably through his translations of works by various international playwrights, texts used for radio and stage production.
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−	~~Among them: ''[[Die Buffel]]'' (Chekhov), ''[[Skaapfontein]]'' (De Vega), ''[[Ek gaan jou Doodmaak!]]'' (), .~~

	He also published numerous works on language and language issues, and had occasional stints as actor for stage, radio and film.		He also published numerous works on language and language issues, and had occasional stints as actor for stage, radio and film.

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	He was elected a lifetime member of the [[Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge]] ([[FAK]]).		He was elected a lifetime member of the [[Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge]] ([[FAK]]).
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 Among them: ''[[Die Buffel]]'' (Chekhov), ''[[Skaapfontein]]'' (De Vega), ''[[Ek gaan jou Doodmaak!]]'' (), .
 He also published numerous works on language and language issues, and had occasional stints as actor for stage, radio and film.
 As an actor he appeared in and the films such as ''[[Staal Burger]]'' (1969), ''[[Breekpunt]]'' (1971), ''[[Ma Skryf Matriek]]'' (1975) and ''[[Die Rebel]]'' (1976).
 He was elected a lifetime member of the [[Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge]] ([[FAK]]).