Duncan Buwalda
(1981/82?-) Playwright.
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Biography
Born and went to school in Johannesburg.
Training
Studied at Rhodes University and completed a BA in Drama and English, followed by an Honours degree in Drama in 2003 at the Rhodes University Drama Department.
Career
In 2004 he began work as a history teacher in Cape Town.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He began writing plays when he was sixteen, and his successful plays include Hinterland (2008-2014) and Dream, Brother (2011).
Awards, etc
His first staged play received the 2011 Standard Bank Silver Ovation Award for Fringe Drama and the next gained three awards at the PANSA/NLDTF Festival of New Writing in 2012.
Sources
http://cue.ru.ac.za/tag/duncan-buwalda/
http://www.clarkesbooks.co.za/books/browse/48
http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/news/local/an-imagined-meeting-of-great-minds-1.1316872#.VMhpwk39kqQ
http://www.meganshead.co.za/tag/duncan-buwalda/
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