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 == Biography ==
 The Sowden family came to South Africa in 1911. Lewis was educated at Germiston High School and at the University of the Witwatersrand. In 1936 he married Dora Leah Levitt ([[Dora Sowden]]). He was a past President of the [[South African Society of Journalists]] and vice-President (as well as a former Chairman) of the South African P.E.N. Centre.
-During World War II he served in the Civilian Protective Services, a civil defence organization intended to take preventive and protective measures in the defence of the civilian population against any air, sea attacks and against possible dangers arising from sabotage and other emergencies. The couple left South Africa for Israel in 1966 where he died in 1974.
+During World War II he served in the Civilian Protective Services, a civil defence organization intended to take preventive and protective measures in the defence of the civilian population against any air or sea attacks and against possible dangers arising from sabotage and other emergencies. The couple left South Africa for Israel in 1966 where he died in 1974.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 == Biography ==
-The Sowden family came to South Africa in 1911. Lewis was educated at Germiston High School and at the University of the Witwatersrand. In 1936 he married Dora Leah Levitt [[Dora Sowden]]. He was a past President of the [[South African Society of Journalists]] and vice-President (as well as a former Chairman) of the South African P.E.N. Centre.
+The Sowden family came to South Africa in 1911. Lewis was educated at Germiston High School and at the University of the Witwatersrand. In 1936 he married Dora Leah Levitt ([[Dora Sowden]]). He was a past President of the [[South African Society of Journalists]] and vice-President (as well as a former Chairman) of the South African P.E.N. Centre.
 During World War II he served in the Civilian Protective Services, a civil defence organization intended to take preventive and protective measures in the defence of the civilian population against any air, sea attacks and against possible dangers arising from sabotage and other emergencies. The couple left South Africa for Israel in 1966 where he died in 1974.

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 == Biography ==
-The Sowden family came to South Africa in 1911. Lewis was educated at Germiston High School and the University of the Witwatersrand. In 1936 he married Dora Leah Levitt [[Dora Sowden]]. He was a past President of the [[South African Society of Journalists]] and vice-President (as well as a former Chairman) of the South African P.E.N. Centre.
+The Sowden family came to South Africa in 1911. Lewis was educated at Germiston High School and at the University of the Witwatersrand. In 1936 he married Dora Leah Levitt [[Dora Sowden]]. He was a past President of the [[South African Society of Journalists]] and vice-President (as well as a former Chairman) of the South African P.E.N. Centre.
 During World War II he served in the Civilian Protective Services, a civil defence organization intended to take preventive and protective measures in the defence of the civilian population against any air, sea attacks and against possible dangers arising from sabotage and other emergencies. The couple left South Africa for Israel in 1966 where he died in 1974.

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 == Biography ==
-The Sowden family came to South Africa 1911. Lewis was educated at Germiston High School and the University of the Witwatersrand. In 1936 he married Dora Leah Levitt [[Dora Sowden]]. He was a past President of the [[South African Society of Journalists]] and vice-President (as well as a former Chairman) of the South African P.E.N. Centre.
+The Sowden family came to South Africa in 1911. Lewis was educated at Germiston High School and the University of the Witwatersrand. In 1936 he married Dora Leah Levitt [[Dora Sowden]]. He was a past President of the [[South African Society of Journalists]] and vice-President (as well as a former Chairman) of the South African P.E.N. Centre.
 During World War II he served in the Civilian Protective Services, a civil defence organization intended to take preventive and protective measures in the defence of the civilian population against any air, sea attacks and against possible dangers arising from sabotage and other emergencies. The couple left South Africa for Israel in 1966 where he died in 1974.

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 == Biography ==
-The Sowden family came to South Africa 1911. Lewis was educated at the Germiston High School and University of the Witwatersrand. In 1936 he married Dora Leah Levitt [[Dora Sowden]]. He was a past President of the [[South African Society of Journalists]] and vice-President (as well as a former Chairman) of the South African P.E.N. Centre.
+The Sowden family came to South Africa 1911. Lewis was educated at Germiston High School and the University of the Witwatersrand. In 1936 he married Dora Leah Levitt [[Dora Sowden]]. He was a past President of the [[South African Society of Journalists]] and vice-President (as well as a former Chairman) of the South African P.E.N. Centre.
 During World War II he served in the Civilian Protective Services, a civil defence organization intended to take preventive and protective measures in the defence of the civilian population against any air, sea attacks and against possible dangers arising from sabotage and other emergencies. The couple left South Africa for Israel in 1966 where he died in 1974.

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 Sowden was a highly respected theatre critic for [[Rand Daily Mail]] in 1940-1960s.
-As a theatre critic and historian wrote ''Both Sides of the Mask; The World of Muriel Alexander'' (1964).
+As a theatre critic and historian he wrote ''Both Sides of the Mask; The World of Muriel Alexander'' (1964).
 As a poet he wrote: ''[[The Charmed Fabric]]'' (1943), ''[[Poems with Flute]]'' (1955) ''[[Poems from the Bible]]'' ( 1960).

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-[[Lewis Sowden]] (1905-1974). Journalist, critic, dramatist, novelist and poet, was born in Manchester, England.
+[[Lewis Sowden]] (1905-1974). Journalist, critic, dramatist, novelist and poet, was born in Manchester, England. He was the son of Jacob Isaac and Henda Sowden.
 == Biography ==
-Lewis was married to [[Dora Sowden]]. They left South Africa for Israel in 1966. He died there in 1974.
+The Sowden family came to South Africa 1911. Lewis was educated at the Germiston High School and University of the Witwatersrand. In 1936 he married Dora Leah Levitt [[Dora Sowden]]. He was a past President of the [[South African Society of Journalists]] and vice-President (as well as a former Chairman) of the South African P.E.N. Centre.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 Sowden was a highly respected theatre critic for [[Rand Daily Mail]] in 1940-1960s.
 As a theatre critic and historian wrote ''Both Sides of the Mask; The World of Muriel Alexander'' (1964).
-As a playwright he is best known for the highly successful  ''[[The Kimberley Train]]'' (written and performed in 1958, published in 1976), a play on miscegenation and the tragedy of characters to “trying for white” under the apartheid laws.
+As a poet he wrote: ''[[The Charmed Fabric]]'' (1943), ''[[Poems with Flute]]'' (1955) ''[[Poems from the Bible]]'' ( 1960).
 Other plays include: ''[[The Fugitives]]'' (1934),  ''[[The Man in Checks]]'' (1935), ''[[Red Rand]]'' (1937), ''[[The Gold Earth]]'' (1944) and ''[[Contact Five]]'' (1945).
 == Sources ==
 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 118-9, 141, 222.
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