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	She wrote at least two more plays: ''[[The Tenants]]'' and ''[[The House]]''.		She wrote at least two more plays: ''[[The Tenants]]'' and ''[[The House]]''.
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		+	She also translated Michel de Ghelderode's play, ''[[Magie Rouge]]'', into English.

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 Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.
-''[[Contemporary South African Plays]]'' (ed Ernest Perreira). 1977.
+''[[Contemporary South African Plays]]'' (ed [[Ernest Perreira]]). 1977.
 Obituary written by [[Stephen Gray]], ''[[Mail and Guardian]]'', 3 September 2009.

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	Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.		Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.
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		+	''[[Contemporary South African Plays]]'' (ed Ernest Perreira). 1977.

	Obituary written by [[Stephen Gray]], ''[[Mail and Guardian]]'', 3 September 2009.		Obituary written by [[Stephen Gray]], ''[[Mail and Guardian]]'', 3 September 2009.

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 == Biography ==
-Born in Johannesburg in 1937 and educated in Potchefstroom and through [[Unisa]]. For a while in the 1970s was the literary advisor to [[PACT]], later (1977) appointed associate professor of South African and Commonwealth Literature at Michigan State University. Author of poems, stories  and novels, including the prize winning collection ''[[Outside Life's Feast]]'' (1975).
+Born in Johannesburg in 1937 and educated in Potchefstroom and through [[Unisa]]. For a while in the 1970s was the literary advisor to [[PACT]], later (1977) appointed associate professor of South African and Commonwealth Literature at Michigan State University. Author of poems, stories  and novels, including the prize winning collection ''Outside Life's Feast'' (1975, winner of the [[Olive Schreiner Prize]] for Prose).
 She made frequent return trips to friends and family and many grandchildren.
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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Also the author of the play ''[[It’s My Weekend, Too]]'', which  (along with [[Wilma Stockenström]]’s ''[[Die Laaste Middagmaal]]'') won the one-act play competition which was held at [[The Space]] in 1972/3 and was performed by them. It was later published as ''Weekend in **''??
+Also the author of the play ''[[It’s My Weekend, Too]]'', which  (along with [[Wilma Stockenström]]’s ''[[Die Laaste Middagmaal]]'') won the one-act play competition which was held at [[The Space]] in 1972/3 and was performed by them.
 She wrote at least two more plays: ''[[The Tenants]]'' and ''[[The House]]''.

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 [[ESAT Bibliography Gl-Go|Gosher]], 1988. [JH]
 Book SA [http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2009/08/22/rip-sheila-roberts/].
 Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.
 Obituary written by [[Stephen Gray]], ''[[Mail and Guardian]]'', 3 September 2009.

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 Born in Johannesburg in 1937 and educated in Potchefstroom and through [[Unisa]]. For a while in the 1970s was the literary advisor to [[PACT]], later (1977) appointed associate professor of South African and Commonwealth Literature at Michigan State University. Author of poems, stories  and novels, including the prize winning collection ''[[Outside Life's Feast]]'' (1975).
-She passed away in the USA in August 2009.
+She made frequent return trips to friends and family and many grandchildren.
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 [[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979.
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-(1937-) Academic, poet, novelist. Born in Johannesburg and educated in Potchefstroom and through [[Unisa]]. For a while in the 1970s was the literary advisor to [[PACT]], later (1977) appointed associate professor of South African and Commonwealth Literature at Michigan State University. Author of poems, stories  and novels, including the prize winning collection ''[[Outside Life's Feast]]'' (1975). Also the author of the play ''[[My Weekend, Too]]'', which  (along with [[Wilma Stockenström]]’s ''[[Die Laaste Middagmaal]]'') won the one-act play competition which was held at [[The Space]] in 1972/3 and was performed by them. It was later published as ''Weekend in **''??
+[[Sheila Roberts]] (1937-2009). Academic, poet, writer of novels, short stories and plays.
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