Geoffrey Haresnape - Revision history

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Biography

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 ''[[Flying Dutchman]]'' (published in ''[[Groote Schuur]]'', 8-20, 1957),
-''[[The Tempestuous, or With the Bard in Baasland]]''(published in ''[[Staffrider]]'', 8(1), 1989),
+''[[The Tempestuous, or With the Bard in Baasland]]'' (published in ''[[Staffrider]]'', 8(1), 1989),
 Some of his Shakespearean items were anthologised in ''[[African Tales from Shakespeare]]'' ([[Juta-Gariep]], 1999)

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 Though his main fields of interest were literary biography, poetry and prose, he also wrote articles on drama, as well as some plays, throughout his career.
 Among the plays he wrote have been:
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 ''[[The Tempestuous, or With the Bard in Baasland]]''(published in ''[[Staffrider]]'', 8(1), 1989),
-He had items anthologised in ''[[African Tales from Shakespeare]]'' ([[Juta-Gariep]], 1999)
+Some of his Shakespearean items were anthologised in ''[[African Tales from Shakespeare]]'' ([[Juta-Gariep]], 1999)
 ===As editor===

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 He had items anthologised in ''[[African Tales from Shakespeare]]'' ([[Juta-Gariep]], 1999)
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 He was deeply involved with editorial work for over sixty years, beginning in the 1950s with his editorial role at the [[UCT]] student literary magazine, ''[[Groote Schuur]]'', which published the early work of authors like [[J.M. Coetzee]], [[C.J. Driver]], [[Stephen Gray]], [[Breyten Breytenbach]] and [[Adam Small]]. From 1980 to 1989, he was editor of the influential English literary magazine ''[[Contrast]]'' and later was also a Creative Writing editor for the ''[[English Academy Review]]''.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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+===As playwright===
 Though his main fields of interest were literary biography, poetry and prose, he also wrote articles on drama, as well as some plays, throughout his career.
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 ''[[The Tempestuous, or With the Bard in Baasland]]''(published in ''[[Staffrider]]'', 8(1), 1989),
 He had items anthologised in ''[[African Tales from Shakespeare]]'' ([[Juta-Gariep]], 1999)
 ==As editor==

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-His main fields of interest were literary biography, poetry and prose, but besides numerous literary essays in journals, he also wrote articles on drama, as well as some plays, throughout his career, including ''[[African Tales from Shakespeare]]'' ([[Juta-Gariep]], 1999) and . In 2017 he received a [[Thomas Pringle Award]] from the [[English Academy of Southern Africa]] for his Ad hoc Reviews and Review articles.
+===As playwright==
-The plays he wrote include:
+Though his main fields of interest were literary biography, poetry and prose, he also wrote articles on drama, as well as some plays, throughout his career.
 ''[[Flying Dutchman]]'' (published in ''[[Groote Schuur]]'', 8-20, 1957), ''[[The Tempestuous, or With the Bard in Baasland]]''(published in ''[[Staffrider]]'', 8(1), 1989),
 He was deeply involved with editorial work for over sixty years, beginning in the 1950s with his editorial role at the [[UCT]] student literary magazine, ''[[Groote Schuur]]'', which published the early work of authors like [[J.M. Coetzee]], [[C.J. Driver]], [[Stephen Gray]], [[Breyten Breytenbach]] and [[Adam Small]]. From 1980 to 1989, he was editor of the influential English literary magazine ''[[Contrast]]'' and later was also a Creative Writing editor for the ''[[English Academy Review]]''.

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 Began his teaching career at [[Rhodes University]] (1961) and the [[University of the Witwatersrand]]  (1963–1968) before returning to [[UCT]] in 1969 as a Senior Lecturer in English Literature, remaining there until his retirement in 2005 with the title of Emeritus Professor.
-He met his wife,  Lesley Deeble, in 1957, when they were both UCT undergraduates.
+His main fields of interest were literary biography, poetry and prose, publishing numerous literary essays in journals. In 2017 he received a [[Thomas Pringle Award]] from the [[English Academy of Southern Africa]] for his Ad hoc Reviews and Review articles.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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−	[[Geoffrey Haresnape]] (1939-) is an academic, ~~researcher~~ and poet.	+	[[Geoffrey Haresnape]] (1939-) is an lecturer, academic researcher and editor, novelist, playwright and poet.

	Also referred to as '''[[Geoff Haresnape]]'''		Also referred to as '''[[Geoff Haresnape]]'''