Rayda Jacobs

Rayda Jacobs (born 6 March 1947) is a South African writer and film-maker.[1]

Rayda Jacobs
Born (1947-03-06) 6 March 1947
Diep River, Cape Town, South Africa
Occupations
  • Filmmaker
  • writer
Children2

She was born in Diep River, Cape Town and began writing at a young age.[1] In 1968, she moved to Toronto, Canada.[2] She married there, had two children and later divorced.[1] Her first book The Middle Children, a collection of short stories, was published in Canada in 1994. Jacobs returned to South Africa the following year. Her novel Eyes of the Sky, published in 1996, received the Herman Charles Bosman Prize for English fiction.[2]

She wrote a series of feature articles for the Cape Times and hosted radio programs.[2] She has also produced and directed documentaries for television, including God Has Many Names and Portrait of Muslim Women.[1]

Selected works[2]
  • The Slave Book, novel (1998)
  • Sachs Street, novel (2001)
  • Confessions of a Gambler, novel (2003), received The Sunday Times Fiction Prize and the Herman Charles Bosman Prize, adapted for film

References
  1. Turok, Karina; Orford, Margie (2006). Life and Soul: Portraits of Women who Move South Africa. p. 45. ISBN 1770130438.
  2. "Rayda Jacobs (South Africa)". Centre for Creative Arts.


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