Central News Agency Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (1972) Winner
Sheila Meiring Fugard
シェイラ・メイリング・フュガード
Sheila Meiring Fugard
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1932-06-11 （Birmingham）
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- England (Birmingham) → South Africa
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Novelist, Writer, Short story writer, Playwright, Stage actor, Actor
- Active Years
- 1972-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Cape Town | — | Theatre | — | — | South Africa |
University of Cape Town
Theatre
Country:
South Africa
Wrote short stories and studied theatre
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Olive Schreiner Prize | The Castaways | — | — | 受賞 |
Olive Schreiner Prize
1972
Work:
The Castaways
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Olive Schreiner Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (1973) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Castaways
1972 NovelAdaptations
- [TV] The Castaways / Athol Fugard
Rite of Passage
1976 NovelConcerns a doctor and a young boy traumatized by a tribal circumcision ceremony.
A Revolutionary Woman
1983 NovelTakes place in the 1920s in the Karoo district of South Africa and tells the story of a female disciple of Mahatma Gandhi who gets entangled in a rape case between a young colored boy and a young Boer girl with developmental disabilities. Her best-known novel.
Threshold
1975 PoetryMystic Things
1981 PoetryThe Magic Scattering of a Life
2006 PoetryLady of Realisation
1984 BiographyA spiritual biography of Buddhist Sister Palmo (Freda Bedi).
Bibliography
- The Castaways (1972), Rite of Passage (1976), A Revolutionary Woman (1983), Threshold (1975), Mystic Things (1981), The Magic Scattering of a Life (2006), Lady of Realisation (1984)
Legacy
South African writer of short stories, plays, novels and poetry. Winner of the Olive Schreiner Prize. Ex-wife of playwright Athol Fugard, mother of novelist Lisa Fugard.
Trivia
- Ex-wife of Athol Fugard.
- Daughter Lisa Fugard is a novelist.