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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
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His most celebrated play is ''[[The Lahnee’s Pleasure]]'' (first performed 1972 by [[TECON]], published 1977), while later works include ''[[Beyond Calvary]]'' (19**), ''[[Blossoms on the Bough]]'' (19**), ''[[The Dilemma of the Swami]]'' (1986) and one-man dramatizations of his short stories, performed by [[Charles Pillai]] under the title ''[[At the Edge]]'' (1991) and ''[[1949]]'' (1996). | His most celebrated play is ''[[The Lahnee’s Pleasure]]'' (first performed 1972 by [[TECON]], published 1977), while later works include ''[[Beyond Calvary]]'' (19**), ''[[Blossoms on the Bough]]'' (19**), ''[[The Dilemma of the Swami]]'' (1986) and one-man dramatizations of his short stories, performed by [[Charles Pillai]] under the title ''[[At the Edge]]'' (1991) and ''[[1949]]'' (1996). | ||
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Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue. | Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue. | ||
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+ | ''[[Sunday Tribune]]'', 18 March 2007. | ||
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] |
Revision as of 10:23, 26 November 2018
Ronnie Govender (1934- ) [1] is a South African writer and playwright of Tamil descent.
Contents
Biography
Youth
Training
Studied at the University of Durban-Westville.
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He is one of the founding members of Shah Theatre Academy in the early 1960s and TECON in 1969.
His most celebrated play is The Lahnee’s Pleasure (first performed 1972 by TECON, published 1977), while later works include Beyond Calvary (19**), Blossoms on the Bough (19**), The Dilemma of the Swami (1986) and one-man dramatizations of his short stories, performed by Charles Pillai under the title At the Edge (1991) and 1949 (1996).
Awards, etc
He was awarded the Commonwealth Writer's Prize in 1997.
The Ronnie Govender Literary Award is named after him.
Sources
Wikipedia [2].
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
Sunday Tribune, 18 March 2007.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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