Reza de Wet (11 May 1952 – 27 January 2012) was a South African playwright.

Reza de Wet, born in a small town named Senekal in the Free State of South Africa, is known for her significant contributions to the country's theater scene.[1][2][3][4][5][6] After graduating from the University of Cape Town drama school,[7][8] she worked extensively as an actress, obtained a master's degree in English literature, and lectured in the drama department of Rhodes University in Grahamstown (now Makhanda).

She was considered by critics to be a prolific and socially conscious writer, and had written 12 plays in 15 years (five in English and seven in Afrikaans). She won nine awards for her scripts (five Vita Awards, three Fleur du Cap Awards, and a Dalro Award), as well as literary awards (a CNA Prize, a Rapport Prize, and twice the Herzog Prize), and productions of her plays have won more than 40 theater awards. Yelena won the Vita Award for Best Script (1998–1999), while "Drie Susters Twee" (The Three Sisters, Part 2) was named Best Production for the same year and .

She won more theater and literary awards than any other South African playwright, including the prestigious Herzog Prize for Drama, the highest honor in Afrikaans literature, on two occasions. In Open Space, an anthology of new African plays, she is the only woman represented and one of the two South African dramatists.

A feature film based on Diepe Grond (African Gothic) was adapted for the screen and produced by Damon Shalit. Damon played the role of Frikkie, and Chella Ferrow played Sussie. The film was directed by Gabriel Bologna in 2012. In 2013, the film was screened in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, where Reza De Wet lived, to commemorate the anniversary of her death.

She died from leukaemia at her home on 27 January 2012.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Rautenbach, Elmari “Leukemie eis Reza de Wet” “Beeld” 28 January 2012
  2. ↑ Brink, André P. “Rapport” 22 March 1987
  3. ↑ Odendaal, L.B. “Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe” Jaargang 27 no. 3, September 1987
  4. ↑ Olivier, Fanie “Rapport” 29 June 1986
  5. ↑ Schutte, H.J. “Tydskrif vir Letterkunde” Jaargang 26, no. 4 November 1989
  6. ↑ Van Vuuren, Helize “Die Burger” 16 April 1987
  7. ↑ "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-moon Marigolds - ESAT".
  8. ↑ Little Theatre, Univ of Cape Town (1976). "Programme of Die Effek van Gamma Strale directed by Robert Mohr, Reza De Wet in cast". Die Effek van Gamma Strale – via Internet Archive.
  9. ↑ "Reza de Wet". www.doollee.com. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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