Ronnie Govender is a South Africa

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 descent. His book, At the Edge and other Cato Manor Stories, won the 1997 Commonwealth Writers' Prize

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His first 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.Ronnie Govender (South Africa)Recording a petulant soul

Works

• At the edge and other Cato Manor stories, Manx, 1996
• Black Chin White Chin, HarperCollins, 2007, ISBN 9788172236908
• in the manure: memories and reflections, David Philip, 2008, ISBN 9780864867209

Plays

• Interplay: a collection of South African plays, MANX, 2006, ISBN 9781919690971
• An edition of the collected plays of Ronnie Govender: with a biographical and critical introduction, University of Natal, 1991