Moira Lovell | |
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| Born | May 30, 1951 |
| Alma mater | University of Cape Town University of KwaZulu-Natal |
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]