Thomas Pringle Award
2 appearances
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Edition 25 (1989) Winner
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Edition 30 (1994) Winner
Stephen Gray
スチーブン・グレイ
Stephen Gray
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1941-11-30 （Cape Town, Cape Province, Union of South Africa）
- Died
- 2020-10-22 （Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa） age 78
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Cape Town, South Africa → Johannesburg, South Africa
Career
- Occupations
- Author, literary critic, poet, novelist, playwright, editor, Professor
- Active Years
- 1960-2020
- Affiliations
- Rand Afrikaans University
- Influenced
- Athol Fugard, Herman Charles Bosman
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown | — | Literature | — | — | South Africa |
| University of Cape Town | — | English | — | — | South Africa |
| University of Cambridge | — | English | BA, MA | — | England |
| University of Iowa | — | Creative Writing | MFA | — | United States |
| Rand Afrikaans University | — | English | D.Litt, D.Phil. | — | South Africa |
St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown
Literature
Country:
South Africa
University of Cape Town
English
Country:
South Africa
University of Cambridge
English
Degree:
BA, MA
Country:
England
Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Arts in English
University of Iowa
Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Masters of Fine Arts
Rand Afrikaans University
English
Degree:
D.Litt, D.Phil.
Country:
South Africa
Until 1992, Professor of English
Awards & Nominations
The Australian / Vogel Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 23 (2000) Winner
Works
Major Works
Time of Our Darkness
1988 NovelA novel set in the time of apartheid in South Africa
attitudes to homosexualityrewritings of historyclassrace
Beatrice Hastings: A Literary Life
2004 BiographyBiography of Beatrice Hastings
literary life
Bibliography
- Local Colour (1975)
- Visible People (1977)
- Caltrop's Desire (1980)
- Time of Our Darkness (1988)
- Born of Man (1989)
- War Child (1994)
- My Serial Killer and other Short Stories (2005)
- Schreiner: A One-Woman Play (1983)
- It's About Time (1974)
- Man’s Gold (1978)
- Hottentot Venus and other Poems (1979)
- Love Poems: Hate Poems (1982)
- Apollo Café and Other Poems, 1982-89 (1989)
- Season of Violence (1992)
- Selected Poems 1960-92 (1994)
- Gabriel's Exhibition (1998)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- prolific poetryliterary journalism
- Recurring Motifs
- attitudes to homosexualityrewritings of history in South Africaattitudes to class and race
Legacy
South African writer and critic known for his works exploring homosexuality, history, class, and race.
Archives
- Harry Ransom Center (Stephen Gray Collection)
Trivia
- Classified as a South African LGBTQ novelist