Damon Galgut - Revision history

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Awards, etc

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Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

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−	[[Damon Galgut]] (1963-) ~~[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Galgut]~~ is a South African novelist, playwright and actor.	+	[[Damon Galgut]] (1963-) is a South African novelist, playwright and actor.

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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 He assisted as director in a production of ''[[Der kaukasische Kreidekreis|The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]'' (1986) and directed ''[[Sizwe Bansi is Dead]]'' (1989), ''[[Master Harold ... and the boys]] (1995)'', ''[[Psychodelic Cowboy and Sister Nun]]'' at Chaplins Theatre Restaurant, March 1994.
-== Biography ==
+[TH, JH]
+== Sources ==
-== Awards, etc ==
+De Beer, 1995
 [[ESAT Bibliography Gl-Go|Gosher]], 1988. [TH, JH]
-[[NELM]] catalogue (re Amstel Award).
+[[NELM]] catalogue (re [[Amstel Award]]).
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	He assisted as director in a production of ''[[Der kaukasische Kreidekreis\|The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]'' (1986) and directed ''[[Sizwe Bansi is Dead]]'' (1989), ''[[Master Harold ... and the boys]] (1995)'', ''[[Psychodelic Cowboy and Sister Nun]]'' at Chaplins Theatre Restaurant, March 1994.		He assisted as director in a production of ''[[Der kaukasische Kreidekreis\|The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]'' (1986) and directed ''[[Sizwe Bansi is Dead]]'' (1989), ''[[Master Harold ... and the boys]] (1995)'', ''[[Psychodelic Cowboy and Sister Nun]]'' at Chaplins Theatre Restaurant, March 1994.
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−	~~== Awards, etc ==~~
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−	~~His play ''[[Betraying Marriott]]'' was short listed for the [[Amstel Playwright of the Year]] award in 1989.~~
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−	He produced an award-winning novel (''A Sinless Season'', 1982). In 1988 a second novel, ''A Small Circle of Friends'' appeared and in 2003 ''The Good Doctor''. In 2010 his novel ''In a Strange Room'' was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His novel ''Arctic Summer'' based on the life of E.M. Forster was published in 2014.
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−	~~Damon Galgut is the winner of the Booker Prize [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_Prize] 2021 for his novel ''The Promise''.~~

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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 ===As playwright===
-In this period he produced a number of other plays, including ''[[Echoes of Anger]]'' (1983), ''[[Alive and Kicking]]'' (1984),  ''[[A Party for Mother]]'' (1986) and ''[[The Greens-keeper]]'' (1995).
+In this period he produced a number of other plays, including ''[[Echoes of Anger]]'' (1983), ''[[Alive and Kicking]]'' (1984),  ''[[A Party for Mother]]'' (1986), ''[[Betraying Marriott]]'' (short listed for the [[Amstel Playwright of the Year]] award in 1989) and ''[[The Greens-keeper]]'' (1995).
 ===As actor===

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:56, 5 July 2022
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	[[Damon Galgut]] (1963-) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Galgut] is a South African novelist, playwright and actor.		[[Damon Galgut]] (1963-) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Galgut] is a South African novelist, playwright and actor.
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		+	==Biography==
		+
		+	Born in Pretoria on 12 November 1963, the son of a Jewish father and a mother who had converted to Judaism. He went to Pretoria Boys High School, where he was head boy and matriculated in 1981, after which he went to the University of Cape Town to study drama, graduating in 1988.
		+
		+	=== Career ===
		+
		+	While still at Pretoria Boys’ High School, he wrote a play called ''[[No. 1 Utopia Lane]]'', for which he won a prize at the 1981 [[SACEE One-act Play Festivals]].
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		+	After school he continued writing plays as well as novels, beginning with the award-winning ''A Sinless Season'' in 1982, followed by ''A Small Circle of Friends'' (1988), ''The Good Doctor'' (2003), ''In a Strange Room'' (2010 - was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize), ''Arctic Summer'' (2014), and ''The Promise'' (winner of the Booker Prize [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_Prize] 2021).
		+
		+	==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
		+
		+	After finishing high school he completed his National Service in the South African army, and was then appointed resident writer for [[PACT]] in Pretoria. He then left [[PACT]] to go abroad, returned to study at [[UCT]] after which he became an actor for [[CAPAB]] for a while and taught at the University.
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		+	===As playwright===
		+
		+	In this period he produced a number of other plays, including ''[[Echoes of Anger]]'' (1983), ''[[Alive and Kicking]]'' (1984), ''[[A Party for Mother]]'' (1986) and ''[[The Greens-keeper]]'' (1995).
		+
		+	===As actor===
		+
		+	As a student at UCT he acted in ''[[Dis Al]]'' (1987), ''[[The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail]]'' (1988), ''[[Les Bonnes\|The Maids]]'' (1988), ''[[Three Sisters]]'' (1987). He has also appeared in ''[[Macbeth\|Shakespeare's Macbeth]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1989).
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		+	===As director===
		+
		+	He assisted as director in a production of ''[[Der kaukasische Kreidekreis\|The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]'' (1986) and directed ''[[Sizwe Bansi is Dead]]'' (1989), ''[[Master Harold ... and the boys]] (1995)'', ''[[Psychodelic Cowboy and Sister Nun]]'' at Chaplins Theatre Restaurant, March 1994.
		+
		+	== Awards, etc ==
		+
		+	His play ''[[Betraying Marriott]]'' was short listed for the [[Amstel Playwright of the Year]] award in 1989.
		+

	He produced an award-winning novel (''A Sinless Season'', 1982). In 1988 a second novel, ''A Small Circle of Friends'' appeared and in 2003 ''The Good Doctor''. In 2010 his novel ''In a Strange Room'' was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His novel ''Arctic Summer'' based on the life of E.M. Forster was published in 2014.		He produced an award-winning novel (''A Sinless Season'', 1982). In 1988 a second novel, ''A Small Circle of Friends'' appeared and in 2003 ''The Good Doctor''. In 2010 his novel ''In a Strange Room'' was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His novel ''Arctic Summer'' based on the life of E.M. Forster was published in 2014.

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 While still at Pretoria Boys’ High School, he wrote ''[[No. 1 Utopia Lane]]'', for which he won a prize at the 1981 [[SACEE One-act Play Festivals]].
-Other plays are ''[[Echoes of Anger]]'' (1983), ''[[Alive and Kicking]]'' (1984) and ''[[A Party for Mother]]'' (1986).
+Other plays are ''[[Echoes of Anger]]'' (1983), ''[[Alive and Kicking]]'' (1984),  ''[[A Party for Mother]]'' (1986), ''[[The Greens-keeper]]'' (1995).
 As a student at UCT he acted in ''[[Dis Al]]'' (1987), ''[[The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail]]'' (1988), ''[[Les Bonnes|The Maids]]'' (1988), ''[[Three Sisters]]'' (1987). He has also appeared in ''[[Macbeth|Shakespeare's Macbeth]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1989).

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 === Training ===
-He studied drama at University of Cape Town in 198*,
+He studied drama at the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department]], graduating in 1988.
 === Career ===
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 Other plays are ''[[Echoes of Anger]]'' (1983), ''[[Alive and Kicking]]'' (1984) and ''[[A Party for Mother]]'' (1986).
-As a student at UCT he acted in, ''[[Dis Al]]'' (1987), ''[[The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail]]'' (1988), ''[[Les Bonnes|The Maids]]'' (1988), ''[[Three Sisters]]'' (1987). He has also appeared in ''[[Macbeth|Shakespeare's Macbeth]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1989).
+As a student at UCT he acted in ''[[Dis Al]]'' (1987), ''[[The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail]]'' (1988), ''[[Les Bonnes|The Maids]]'' (1988), ''[[Three Sisters]]'' (1987). He has also appeared in ''[[Macbeth|Shakespeare's Macbeth]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1989).
 He assisted as director in a production of ''[[Der kaukasische Kreidekreis|The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]'' (1986) and directed ''[[Sizwe Bansi is Dead]]'' (1989), ''[[Master Harold ... and the boys]] (1995)'', ''[[Psychodelic Cowboy and Sister Nun]]'' at Chaplins Theatre Restaurant, March 1994.

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-[[Damon Galgut]] (1963-) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Galgut] is a South African playwright, actor and novelist.
+[[Damon Galgut]] (1963-) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Galgut] is a South African novelist, playwright and actor.
 He produced an award-winning novel (''A Sinless Season'', 1982). In 1988 a second novel, ''A Small Circle of Friends'' appeared and in 2003 ''The Good Doctor''. In 2010 his novel ''In a Strange Room'' was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His novel ''Arctic Summer'' based on the life of E.M. Forster was published in 2014.
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 As a student at UCT he acted in, ''[[Dis Al]]'' (1987), ''[[The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail]]'' (1988), ''[[Les Bonnes|The Maids]]'' (1988), ''[[Three Sisters]]'' (1987). He has also appeared in ''[[Macbeth|Shakespeare's Macbeth]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1989).
-e assisted as director in a production of ''[[Der kaukasische Kreidekreis|The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]'' (1986) and directed ''[[Sizwe Bansi is Dead]]'' (1989), ''[[Master Harold ... and the boys]] (1995)'', ''[[Psychodelic Cowboy and Sister Nun]]'' at Chaplins Theatre Restaurant, March 1994.
+He assisted as director in a production of ''[[Der kaukasische Kreidekreis|The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]'' (1986) and directed ''[[Sizwe Bansi is Dead]]'' (1989), ''[[Master Harold ... and the boys]] (1995)'', ''[[Psychodelic Cowboy and Sister Nun]]'' at Chaplins Theatre Restaurant, March 1994.
 == Awards, etc ==