Moira Lovell
Moira Lovell (born May 30, 1951) was a South African poet, playwright and literary critic prominent in Pietermaritzburg. She has released 5 books of poetry, along with plays and works of fiction. She received the Olive Schreiner Prize for playwriting in 2000.
Moira Lovell
- Born
- 30 May 1951
- Birthplace
- Harare, Rhodesia
- Education
- University of Cape Town University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Full name
- Moira Crosbie Macdonald Botha.
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Occupation
- english teacher · poet · playwright
- Fields
- poetry
- Honours
- Olive Schreiner Prize
- Languages
- English
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Moira Lovell (born May 30, 1951) was a South African poet, playwright and literary critic prominent in Pietermaritzburg. She has released 5 books of poetry, along with plays and works of fiction. She received the Olive Schreiner Prize for playwriting in 2000.
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Biography
In Pietermaritzburg, she taught English for 4 decades, becoming the head of English at The Wykeham Collegiate, a private girls' school, before retiring in 2015.
Moira Lovell studied at University of Cape Town and University of KwaZulu-Natal. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is poetry. Places of work recorded in the authority are Pietermaritzburg. Employment is recorded with The Wykeham Collegiate. Positions recorded include Head of Department. Distinctions recorded are Olive Schreiner Prize.
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• Born — 30 May 1951 • Birthplace — Harare, Rhodesia • Education — University of Cape Town University of KwaZulu-Natal
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- 3.https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/books/2023-11-22-wit-and-wordplay-are-key-in-moira-lovells-poetry/
- 4.ARTSMART. MOIRA LOVELL’S NOTES: REVIEW.
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 13
- Out of the Mist (Snailpress, 1994)
- Departures (Snailpress, 1997)
- Not All of Me is Dust: (University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2004)
- Speech after long silence (Otterley Press, 2017)
- Notes (Otterley Press, 2023)
- Firetalk (1990) ed. Marcia Leveson (Carrafour Press)
- The New South Africa: Writing for a Changing Society (1992) ed. Stephen Cooper (Systime, Denmark)
- No Place Like ... and other stories by South African Women Writers (1999) selected by Robin Malan (David Philip, Cape Town and Sterling Press, Delhi)
- Opbrud (2000) ed. Chris van Wyk in association with Danish publishers AKS/Hjulet
- Post-Traumatic: New South African Writing (2003) ed. Chris van Wyk (Botsotso)
- Bedtime Stories, awarded the Olive Schreiner Prize and performed in Sydney.
- The Entertainer, awarded ENACT Play of the Year
- The Art of Dreaming, broadcast on SAfm
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