Gillian Slovo

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human memoirist novelist playwright political writer

Gillian Slovo is a South African-born novelist, memoirist, and playwright known for her politically engaged works and for being the daughter of anti-apartheid activists Joe Slovo and Ruth First.

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Gillian Slovo canonical 3
Gillian Slovo is a South African-born writer 1

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instanceOf human ⓘ
memoirist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
political writer ⓘ
basedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
citizenship South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfBirth South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1952-03-15 ⓘ
educatedAt London School of Economics ⓘ
endTime 2011 (as President of English PEN) ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish South African ⓘ
familyName Slovo NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ
givenName Gillian NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWritingStyle politically engaged ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society of Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement anti-apartheid literature ⓘ
name Gillian Slovo NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent testified about her mother Ruth First’s assassination in her memoir Every Secret Thing NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor exploring the legacy of apartheid in fiction and non-fiction ⓘ
notableWork Every Secret Thing NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ice Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
Red Dust NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Riots NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
memoirist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
parent Joe Slovo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ruth First NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Johannesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld President of English PEN NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
sibling Robyn Slovo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shawn Slovo NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 2010 (as President of English PEN) ⓘ
subjectOf adaptation of Red Dust into a feature film ⓘ
workFocus apartheid ⓘ
political violence ⓘ
state power and civil liberties ⓘ
truth and reconciliation ⓘ

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Slovo → notableBearer → Gillian Slovo ⓘ
Sarah Barcant → createdBy → Gillian Slovo ⓘ
Sarah Barcant → hasAuthorNationalityContext → Gillian Slovo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gillian Slovo is a South African-born writer
Jacob the Liar → screenwriter → Gillian Slovo ⓘ
subject surface form: Jacob the Liar (1999 film)