Nadia Davids
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Nadia Davids is an award-winning South Africa
n writer—she has been described as one of the country's "most talented up and coming writers". Her work has been published, produced and performed in Southern Africa
, Europe
and the United States
. She was awarded the Rosalie van der Gught Ward for new directors in 2003 and was nominated for the 2007 Noma Award
for her play 'At Her Feet'. In 2006, she was a finalist in the South Africa Pen Award judged by Nobel Prize laureate J.M. Coetzee for her short story "Safe Home".In June 2008 she received a PhD in Drama at the University of Cape Town for a thesis entitled "Inherited Memories; Performing the Archive" which explored the trace, memory and trauma of apartheid forced removals in District Six, through the lens of performance. Her latest play "CISSIE", about the life and memory of Cape Town activist Cissie Gool, debuted at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown in July 2008. CISSIE was nominated for three Fleur de Cap Awards, including "Best New South African Play". Davids shares 3rd place with Ceridwen Dovey in the 2009 SA PEN competition, judged by J.M.Coetzee.
Davids is one of ten playwrights participating in the Women's Project Playwrights Lab for 2008-2010.
David's work has been published by Oxford University Press Southern Africa: an extract from "At Her Feet" in District Six and Other Plays (2005), "The Littlest Warrior" in South African Plays for TV, Radio and Stage (2007), with the full text of both "Cissie" and "At Her Feet" forthcoming in 2009.
Davids is taking up a full-time lecturing post in the Drama Department at Queen Mary's, University of London in September 2009.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n writer—she has been described as one of the country's "most talented up and coming writers". Her work has been published, produced and performed in Southern Africa
Southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. Within the region are numerous territories, including the Republic of South Africa ; nowadays, the simpler term South Africa is generally reserved for the country in English.-UN...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. She was awarded the Rosalie van der Gught Ward for new directors in 2003 and was nominated for the 2007 Noma Award
Noma Award
The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa is a $10,000 prize for outstanding African writers and scholars who publish in Africa. Established in 1979, the award is annual and given to any new book published in three categories: literature, juvenile and scholarly...
for her play 'At Her Feet'. In 2006, she was a finalist in the South Africa Pen Award judged by Nobel Prize laureate J.M. Coetzee for her short story "Safe Home".In June 2008 she received a PhD in Drama at the University of Cape Town for a thesis entitled "Inherited Memories; Performing the Archive" which explored the trace, memory and trauma of apartheid forced removals in District Six, through the lens of performance. Her latest play "CISSIE", about the life and memory of Cape Town activist Cissie Gool, debuted at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown in July 2008. CISSIE was nominated for three Fleur de Cap Awards, including "Best New South African Play". Davids shares 3rd place with Ceridwen Dovey in the 2009 SA PEN competition, judged by J.M.Coetzee.
Davids is one of ten playwrights participating in the Women's Project Playwrights Lab for 2008-2010.
David's work has been published by Oxford University Press Southern Africa: an extract from "At Her Feet" in District Six and Other Plays (2005), "The Littlest Warrior" in South African Plays for TV, Radio and Stage (2007), with the full text of both "Cissie" and "At Her Feet" forthcoming in 2009.
Davids is taking up a full-time lecturing post in the Drama Department at Queen Mary's, University of London in September 2009.
External links
- http://www.nadiadavids.net
- http://www.atherfeettheplay.com
- http://www.cissietheplay.com
- http://www.nomaaward.org/press2007.shtml
- http://internationalpen.org.uk/index.php?pid=33&aid=608&return=33
- http://www.womensproject.org/
- http://www.mg.co.za/article/2006-10-12-bristling-energy
- http://www.womenwriters.net/spring07/at_her_feet1.htm
- http://www.tonight.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=358&fArticleId=168277
- http://www.oulitnet.co.za/teater/atherfeet.asp
- http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-03-20-the-meaning-of-madrasa
- http://brooklynrail.org/2007/11/express/madressa
- http://news.book.co.za/blog/2009/05/16/karen-jayes-wins-the-2009-penstudzinski-literary-award/