Moira Lovell Explained
Moira Lovell (born May 30, 1951) is 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.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Lovell was born in Harare, and educated at the University of Cape Town and the University of KwaZulu-Natal. 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.[5]
Bibliography
Poetry collections
- 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)
Short stories
- 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)
Plays
- 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
Notes and References
- Web site: Moira Lovell . 2024-08-22 . www.goodreads.com.
- Web site: wgadmin . 2017-10-10 . Moira Lovell . 2024-08-22 . Literary Tourism . en-US.
- https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/books/2023-11-22-wit-and-wordplay-are-key-in-moira-lovells-poetry/
- Web site: ARTSMART . MOIRA LOVELL’S NOTES: REVIEW . 2024-08-22.
- https://www.otterley.com/products/notes-by-moira-lovell
