Gladys Thomas
Gladys Thomas (19*-) Poet and playwright.
Contents
Biography
Born and grew up in the Cape Flats, in Cape Town.
Youth
Training
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Her play Avalon Court: Dramatic Scenes on the Cape Flats won the 1990 Betrams V.O. Literary Award and was published by Skotaville Publishers in 1992. Her poetry published in Cry Rage! (with James Matthews – SPROCAS, 1972, banned by the Apartheid authorities ) and her children’s poetry in Spotty Dog (Skotaville, 1989). *
Awards, etc
Albert and Gladys Thomas, winners of a medal from the Cape Tercentenary Foundatlon for their contribution to cultural work in the community, 2000.
Sources
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
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