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| − | Virtually no biographical information seems to be available about him, except for the fact that he wrote a history of the Deutsche Schüle Pretoria (''Chronik der ersten 40 Jahre der DSP'', 1972) and his active involvement in ufology[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufology], as editor of | + | Virtually no biographical information seems to be available about him, except for the fact that he wrote a history of the Deutsche Schüle Pretoria (''Chronik der ersten 40 Jahre der DSP'', 1972) and his active involvement in ufology[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufology], as editor of the journal ''UFO Newletter South Africa'' and author of works such as ''Flying Saucer über Südafrika'' (Pretoria: Sagittarius , 1955) and ''An die Denkenden in dieser Zeit - Ein Essay zur geistigen Grundlegung eines Umschwungs'' |
==Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance== | ==Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance== | ||
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Edgar Sievers was an author, ufologist and the leader of a German theatre company in Pretoria.
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Biography
Virtually no biographical information seems to be available about him, except for the fact that he wrote a history of the Deutsche Schüle Pretoria (Chronik der ersten 40 Jahre der DSP, 1972) and his active involvement in ufology[1], as editor of the journal UFO Newletter South Africa and author of works such as Flying Saucer über Südafrika (Pretoria: Sagittarius , 1955) and An die Denkenden in dieser Zeit - Ein Essay zur geistigen Grundlegung eines Umschwungs
Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance
As a member, and possibly leader of, a German (amateur) theatre company in Pretoria, he apparently translated Bartho Smit's play Christine into German. There is no record of a production or publication though.
Sources
Erika Terblanche. 2018. "Bartho Smit (1924–1987)" LitNet-Skrywersalbum[2]
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