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Name
  
Ronnie Govender


Role
  
Playwright

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Books
  
At the edge and other Cato Manor stories

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Ronnie Govender (born 1934, in Cato Manor, Durban) is a South African playwright of Tamil descent. His book, At the Edge and other Cato Manor Stories, won the 1997 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best first book, Africa.

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His first play, Beyond Calvary, written during his teaching career which received critical acclaim. He also founded his own theatre company called the Shah Theatre Academy. He wrote The Lahnee’s Pleasure, one of South Africa’s longest-running plays. His daughter, Pregs Govender, is a human rights activist and former South African member of parliament.

Works

  • At the edge and other Cato Manor stories, Manx, 1996
  • Song of the Atman
  • Black Chin White Chin, HarperCollins, 2007, ISBN 978-81-7223-690-8
  • In the Manure: memories and reflections, David Philip, 2008, ISBN 978-0-86486-720-9

    • Plays

  • The Lahnee's pleasure. Ravan Press. 1992. ISBN 978-0-86975-087-2. 
  • Interplay: a collection of South African plays, MANX, 2006, ISBN 978-1-919690-97-1
  • An edition of the collected plays of Ronnie Govender: with a biographical and critical introduction, University of Natal, 1991

    • References

    Ronnie Govender Wikipedia
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