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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 **''??
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[[Sheila Roberts]] (1937-2009). Academic, poet, writer of novels, short stories and plays.
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== Biography ==
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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).  
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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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 **''??
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She wrote at least two more plays: ''[[The Tenants]]'' and ''[[The House]]''.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
See Gosher, 1988 [JH]
 
  
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[[ESAT Bibliography Gl-Go|Gosher]], 1988. [JH]
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[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979.
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Sheila Roberts (1937-2009). Academic, poet, writer of novels, short stories and plays.

Biography

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).

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

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 **??

She wrote at least two more plays: The Tenants and The House.

Sources

Gosher, 1988. [JH]

Astbury 1979.

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