Ronnie Govender

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.

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.^[1][2][3] His daughter, Pregs Govender, is a human rights activist and former South African member of parliament.^[4]

Works

• At the edge and other Cato Manor stories, Manx, 1996
• Song of the Atman^[5]
• 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

1. Ronnie Govender (South Africa)
2. Recording a petulant soul
3. "Collection of plays from South Asian diaspora". The Hindu. Aug 13, 2009.
4. "Pregs Govender". Literary Tourism www.literarytourism.co.za. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
5. Song of the Atman. Jacana Media. 2006. ISBN 978-1-77009-186-3.