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== Biography ==
 
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Daughter and eldest child of Judge Hendrik Stephanus van Zyl and Dorothy Constantia Sauer. Born in 1908, she showed literary talent, especially in  
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Daughter and eldest child of Judge Hendrik Stephanus van Zyl and Dorothy Constantia Sauer. Born in Cape Town in 1908, she showed literary talent, especially in  
 
poetry. Later mrs. Middlemiss
 
poetry. Later mrs. Middlemiss
  

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Tania van Zyl (1908-19**) was an artist, sculptress, poet and playwright.

Biography

Daughter and eldest child of Judge Hendrik Stephanus van Zyl and Dorothy Constantia Sauer. Born in Cape Town in 1908, she showed literary talent, especially in poetry. Later mrs. Middlemiss

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

Besides three volumes of poetry, she wrote and published three one-act plays: The Willing Victim (1961), Women of Sola (1965) and The Unwilling Fighter (1976).


Awards, etc

Sources

See sources of the individual plays.

Digital library [1].

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