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''[[Alice in Welwitschialand]]'', an unpublished environmental play for young people (performed at the [[National Theatre Namibia]] and [[Grahamstown Festival]], 1992, 1993, 1994).
 
''[[Alice in Welwitschialand]]'', an unpublished environmental play for young people (performed at the [[National Theatre Namibia]] and [[Grahamstown Festival]], 1992, 1993, 1994).
  
''[[The Colour of Water]]'', a children’s radio drama serial (broadcast by Namibian BC, 1993).
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''[[The Colour of Water]]'', a children’s radio drama serial (broadcast by the [[Namibian Broadcasting Corporation]], 1993).
  
 
The three plays ''[[Orange]]'' (1988), ''[[Skeleton]]'' (1989) and ''[[Guerrilla Goatherd]]'' (1990) published in ''[[Goats, Oranges and Skeletons: A Trilogy of Namibian Independence Plays]]'' by [[Dorian Haarhoff]] ; edited by [[Terence Zeeman]] (2000).
 
The three plays ''[[Orange]]'' (1988), ''[[Skeleton]]'' (1989) and ''[[Guerrilla Goatherd]]'' (1990) published in ''[[Goats, Oranges and Skeletons: A Trilogy of Namibian Independence Plays]]'' by [[Dorian Haarhoff]] ; edited by [[Terence Zeeman]] (2000).
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[[Dorian Haarhoff]]. 2000. ''[[Goats, Oranges and Skeletons: A Trilogy of Namibian Independence Plays]]'' (edited by  [[Terence Zeeman]]). Windhoek: New Namibia Books.
 
[[Dorian Haarhoff]]. 2000. ''[[Goats, Oranges and Skeletons: A Trilogy of Namibian Independence Plays]]'' (edited by  [[Terence Zeeman]]). Windhoek: New Namibia Books.
  
 
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[[Dorian Haarhoff]]. 2023. ''Route 77. A Poememoir''. Bakery Hill, Australia: Heart Space Publications
  
 
Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 06:40, 3 November 2024

Dorian Haarhoff (1944-) is an academic, teacher, poet, novelist and playwright writer and dramatist.

Biography

Born in Kimberley, Northern Cape, then part of the Cape Province, he later became a naturalized citizen of Namibia.

He was professor of English at the University of Namibia (1993-1997), and from 2004 onward worked in the creative writing department at the University of Cape Town.

He has long been an active facilitator of storytelling and writing courses and has published widely himself in South Africa and Namibia, his creative works including poetry (Bordering, Aquifers and Dust), children's books (Desert December, Guano Girl and Legs, Bones and Eyes), and plays (see below)

Other writing includes A Writer's Voice: A Workbook for Writers in Africa (Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd, 1998) and his memoires, called Route 77. A Poememoire (Heart Space Publications, Australia, 2023).

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

In the 1990s he turned his hand to drama, and his plays include:


Alice in Welwitschialand, an unpublished environmental play for young people (performed at the National Theatre Namibia and Grahamstown Festival, 1992, 1993, 1994).

The Colour of Water, a children’s radio drama serial (broadcast by the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation, 1993).

The three plays Orange (1988), Skeleton (1989) and Guerrilla Goatherd (1990) published in Goats, Oranges and Skeletons: A Trilogy of Namibian Independence Plays by Dorian Haarhoff ; edited by Terence Zeeman (2000).

The Missing Namibian, written as a Swedish African Museum Project. Unpublished, the work was performed in Sweden and Namibia, 1996.

Awards, etc

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorian_Haarhoff

https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poets/poet/102-27229_Haarhoff

Dorian Haarhoff. 2000. Goats, Oranges and Skeletons: A Trilogy of Namibian Independence Plays (edited by Terence Zeeman). Windhoek: New Namibia Books.

Dorian Haarhoff. 2023. Route 77. A Poememoir. Bakery Hill, Australia: Heart Space Publications

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