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 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0745515/
-''Twee vergete Afrikaanse skrywers'' by [[Barend Toerien]] published in ''[[Vrye Weekblad]]'', 30 March 1990.
+''Twee vergete Afrikaanse skrywers'' by [[Barend J. Toerien]] published in ''[[Vrye Weekblad]]'', 30 March 1990.
 "DISPATCH: Isaac Pfaff", ''The Globe and Mail'' (Canada) 5 March, 2005[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/dispatch-isaac-pfaff/article976507/].

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 == Biography ==
-Born  [[Isaac Moses Pfaff]]  in Ladysmith on June 13, 1920, he went on to study [[Afrikaans-Nederlands]] ([[Afrikaans]]-[[Dutch]]) and English at the [[University of Cape Town]], in order to become a teacher.
+Born  [[Isaac Moses Pfaff]]  in Ladismith on June 13, 1920, he went on to study [[Afrikaans-Nederlands]] ([[Afrikaans]]-[[Dutch]]) and English at the [[University of Cape Town]], in order to become a teacher.
 He began writing anti-apartheid-themed literary works at the age of 18, his publications ultimately including poetry, more than a dozen stage plays, some radio plays, three novels and several short stories.

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 He was a member of the [[Peninsula Dramatic Society]] and had a role in ''[[You Can't Take it With You]]'' in 1943.
-In 1946 ''[[Storm]]'', an [[Afrikaans]] one-act play, won the [[FATSSA]] playwriting competition and was published in ''[[Storm en Ander Eenbedrywe]]'' (“Storm and Other One-act Plays”) by [[Gerhard J. Beukes]]. Beukes was to publish two more of his plays in his popular anthologies:  ''[[Die Bitter Pad]]'' (“Bitter Road”)  in ''[[Nuwe Eenbedrywe]]'' (“New One-act Plays”, 1952) and ''[[O, Uur van Glorie]]'' (“Hour of Glory”) in ''Vyf Eenbedrywe'', (“** One Act Plays”, 1957). These were prescribed books in schools across the country for many years.
+In 1946 ''[[Storm]]'', an [[Afrikaans]] one-act play, won the [[FATSSA]] playwriting competition and was published in ''[[Storm en Ander Eenbedrywe]]'' (“Storm and Other One-act Plays”) by [[Gerhard J. Beukes]]. Beukes was to publish two more of his plays in his popular anthologies:  ''[[Die Bitter Pad]]'' (“Bitter Road”)  in ''[[Nuwe Eenbedrywe]]'' (“New One-act Plays”, 1952) and ''[[O, Uur van Glorie]]'' (“Hour of Glory”) in ''[[Vyf Eenbedrywe]]'', (“** One Act Plays”, 1957). These were prescribed books in schools across the country for many years.
 In 1950 he became a founder member of the [[Trafalgar Players]], with which he went on to produce his own plays, both in [[Afrikaans]] and English. These include ''[[Here Endeth the First Lesson]]'' and ''[[Though I Speak]]'' (double-bill, [[Woodstock Town Hall]], 1950), ''[[Die Bitter Pad]]''/''[[Bitter Road]]'' ([[Maitland Town Hall]], 1954),  ''[[O, Uur van Glorie]]''?*] ''[[Hour of Glory]]'' (best play at the [[Scopus Club Drama Festival]], 1956) and ''[[The Yearning of My Heart]]'' (performed as a play reading in the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, in 1958).
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 He also wrote the play ''[[Sonder Bloeisels]]'' ("[trees] without buds") .
-At one time he was the president of the South African Arts Union ([[Union of South African Artists]]?) and worked to end apartheid with a group that included [[Nelson Mandela]] and Archbishop [[Desmond Tutu]].
+At one time he was the president of the [[Union of South African Artists]] and worked to end apartheid with a group that included [[Nelson Mandela]] and Archbishop [[Desmond Tutu]].
 A collection of his plays in English translation were published by Roubaix in a collection called ''[[A Time for Compassion. Biko’s World in Six Plays]]'' in 1978 (Toronto, Culturama Incorporated), with an introduction by Frank Birbalsingh. It contains:  ''[[Though I Speak]]'', ''[[Here Endeth the First Lesson]]'', ''[[The Yearning of My Heart]]'', ''[[Storm]]'', ''[[Hour of Glory]]'' and ''[[Bitter Road]]''. (The latter three are his own translations of [[Afrikaans]] plays from earlier years.)

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 He was a member of the [[Peninsula Dramatic Society]] and had a role in ''[[You Can't Take it With You]]'' in 1943.
-In 1946 ''[[Storm]]'', an Afrikaans one-act play, won the [[FATSSA]] playwriting competition[??**] and was published in ''[[Storm en Ander Eenbedrywe]]'' (“Storm and Other One-act Plays”) by [[Gerhard J. Beukes]]. Beukes was to publish two more of his plays in his popular anthologies:  ''[[Die Bitter Pad]]'' (“Bitter Road”)  in ''[[Nuwe Eenbedrywe]]'' (“New One-act Plays”, 1952) and ''[[O, Uur van Glorie]]'' (“Hour of Glory”) in ''Vyf Eenbedrywe'', (“** One Act Plays”, 1957). These were prescribed books in schools across the country for many years.
+In 1946 ''[[Storm]]'', an [[Afrikaans]] one-act play, won the [[FATSSA]] playwriting competition and was published in ''[[Storm en Ander Eenbedrywe]]'' (“Storm and Other One-act Plays”) by [[Gerhard J. Beukes]]. Beukes was to publish two more of his plays in his popular anthologies:  ''[[Die Bitter Pad]]'' (“Bitter Road”)  in ''[[Nuwe Eenbedrywe]]'' (“New One-act Plays”, 1952) and ''[[O, Uur van Glorie]]'' (“Hour of Glory”) in ''Vyf Eenbedrywe'', (“** One Act Plays”, 1957). These were prescribed books in schools across the country for many years.
-In 1950 he joined/founded[?*] the [[Trafalgar Players]], with which he produced his own plays in Afrikaans and English. These include ''[[Here Endeth the First Lesson]]'' and ''[[Though I Speak]]'' (double-bill, [[Woodstock Town Hall]], 1950), ''[[Die Bitter Pad]]''/''[[Bitter Road]]'' ([[Maitland Town Hall]], 1954),  ''[[O, Uur van Glorie]]''?*] ''[[Hour of Glory]]'' (best play at the [[Scopus Club Drama Festival]], 1956) and ''[[The Yearning of My Heart]]'' (performed as a play reading in the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, in 1958).
+In 1950 he became a founder member of the [[Trafalgar Players]], with which he went on to produce his own plays, both in [[Afrikaans]] and English. These include ''[[Here Endeth the First Lesson]]'' and ''[[Though I Speak]]'' (double-bill, [[Woodstock Town Hall]], 1950), ''[[Die Bitter Pad]]''/''[[Bitter Road]]'' ([[Maitland Town Hall]], 1954),  ''[[O, Uur van Glorie]]''?*] ''[[Hour of Glory]]'' (best play at the [[Scopus Club Drama Festival]], 1956) and ''[[The Yearning of My Heart]]'' (performed as a play reading in the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, in 1958).
 He also wrote the play ''[[Sonder Bloeisels]]'' ("[trees] without buds") .

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 In 1946 ''[[Storm]]'', an Afrikaans one-act play, won the [[FATSSA]] playwriting competition[??**] and was published in ''[[Storm en Ander Eenbedrywe]]'' (“Storm and Other One-act Plays”) by [[Gerhard J. Beukes]]. Beukes was to publish two more of his plays in his popular anthologies:  ''[[Die Bitter Pad]]'' (“Bitter Road”)  in ''[[Nuwe Eenbedrywe]]'' (“New One-act Plays”, 1952) and ''[[O, Uur van Glorie]]'' (“Hour of Glory”) in ''Vyf Eenbedrywe'', (“** One Act Plays”, 1957). These were prescribed books in schools across the country for many years.
-In 1950 he joined/founded[?*] the [[Trafalgar Players]], with which he produced his own plays in Afrikaans and English. These include ''[[Here Endeth the First Lesson]]'' and ''[[Though I Speak]]'' (double-bill, [[Woodstock Town Hall]], 1950), ''[[Die Bitter Pad]]''/''[[Bitter Road]]'' ([[Maitland Town Hall]], 1954),  ''[[O, Uur van Glorie]]''?*] ''[[Hour of Glory]]'' (best play at the [[Scopus Club Drama Festival]], 1956) and ''[[The Yearning of my Heart]]'' (a play reading, held in the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town 1958).
+In 1950 he joined/founded[?*] the [[Trafalgar Players]], with which he produced his own plays in Afrikaans and English. These include ''[[Here Endeth the First Lesson]]'' and ''[[Though I Speak]]'' (double-bill, [[Woodstock Town Hall]], 1950), ''[[Die Bitter Pad]]''/''[[Bitter Road]]'' ([[Maitland Town Hall]], 1954),  ''[[O, Uur van Glorie]]''?*] ''[[Hour of Glory]]'' (best play at the [[Scopus Club Drama Festival]], 1956) and ''[[The Yearning of My Heart]]'' (performed as a play reading in the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, in 1958).
 He also wrote the play ''[[Sonder Bloeisels]]'' ("[trees] without buds") .

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	''Twee vergete Afrikaanse skrywers'' by [[Barend Toerien]] published in ''[[Vrye Weekblad]]'', 30 March 1990.		''Twee vergete Afrikaanse skrywers'' by [[Barend Toerien]] published in ''[[Vrye Weekblad]]'', 30 March 1990.

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	In South Africa he usually wrote plays under the pseudonym '''[[Paul Roubaix]]''' or '''[[Paul de Roubaix]]'''.		In South Africa he usually wrote plays under the pseudonym '''[[Paul Roubaix]]''' or '''[[Paul de Roubaix]]'''.
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		+	''Not to be confused with '''Paul de Roubaix''' (1914-2004)[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0745515/], the French producer and director of educational shorts'',

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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	''Twee vergete Afrikaanse skrywers'' by [[Barend Toerien]] published in ''[[Vrye Weekblad]]'', 30 March 1990.		''Twee vergete Afrikaanse skrywers'' by [[Barend Toerien]] published in ''[[Vrye Weekblad]]'', 30 March 1990.