Gail Dendy

Biography

Gail Dendy was born in Durban, South Africa. She is the author of poetry collections The Lady Missionary (2007), Closer Than That (2011), On Days Such as This (2021), among others. Novelist, playwright, and poet, she is the recipient of the 2011 Sol Plaatje/European Union Poetry Award and a finalist for the Herman Charles Bosman Award (Poetry). Her work has been featured in anthologies, including Latest A Field of Large Desires (Manchester: Carcanet, 2010; The Sol Plaatje/European Union Poetry Anthology 2011 (Cape Town: Jacana, 2011), and Africa, My Africa! (African Sun Press, 2012). Dendy received her Bachelors and Masters from the University of South Africa in 1983 and 1985 respectively. She also holds a Higher Diploma in Library Science from Natal University, Pietermaritzburg (now called University of KwaZulul-Natal) (1978). She was Production Editor of the South African Law Journal founded in 1884, and over the years, has worked as a lecturer, copywriter, and Information Specialist.

Birth Date

1956-01-01

Place of Birth

South African

Country of Nationality

South Africa

Languages Spoken

English

University of South Africa, University of South Africa, University of KwaZulul-Natal, University of KwaZulul-Natal, University of KwaZulul-Natal, University of the Witwatersrand

Poetry Collections

Assault and the Moth. Editors: Harold Pinter, Anthony Astbury & Geoffrey Godbert. (Warwick, UK: Greville Press Pamphlets, 1993.)
People Crossing. (Cape Town: Snailpress, 1995.)
Gail Dendy; Jennie Fontana & Alyss Thomas Swimming in the Long Dark Sound. (Exeter, UK: Stride, 1998.)
Painting the Bamboo Tree. (Todmorden, UK: Arc, 1999.)
The Poetry of Norman Corwin and Gail Dendy Sherman Oaks, (California: Shirim, 2002.)
The Lady Missionary (Cape Town: Kwela/Snailpress, 2007)
Closer Than That (Johannesburg: Dye Hard Press, 2011)
On Days Such as This (Johannesburg: Botsotso, 2020; Kindle version 2021)

Sources

“Gail Dendy.” African Books Collective, https://www.africanbookscollective.com/authors-editors/gail-dendy. Accessed 1 April 2022. “About.” Gail Dendy, 29 Oct. 2021, https://gaildendy.wordpress.com/about/. Accessed 1 April 2022. “Gail Dendy: South Africa.” Arc Publications - Biographies, https://www.arcpublications.co.uk/writers/gail-dendy. Accessed 1 April 2022.