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Barbara Schreiner

Born 22 November 1958, Johannesburg

Barbara Schreiner is a South African author who was born in Johannesburg in 1958. She studied at the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg, the University of Lancaster in the UK where she completed an MA in Creative Writing, and the University of Cape Town where she completed an M.Phil in Environmental Science.

She was a cultural activist during the struggle against Apartheid and worked, inter alia, for the Congress of South African Writers. She has worked in the water sector in South Africa and internationally, in government, as a consultant and in the not-for-profit sector.

She has written published both non-fiction and fiction, the latter including poetry, a play, a novel and a children’s story.

Published works

The Travels and Travails of Stella Bellamy 2018 ISBN 978-1944-077-334 (a novel)

Three-peace 2016 ISBN 978-0-620-72501-9 (poetry)

Restless hearts and broken dreams 2015 (poetry)

The Gossiping Grass (children’s story) published by Shooter and Shuter

My Spirit is not Banned 1986 (biography of Frances Baard) published by Zimbabwe Publishing House, co-authored with Frances Baard

A Snake with Iced Water (ed) ISBN 978-1874879091 (collection of women’s writing on prison)

Transforming Water Management in South Africa (eds) Schreiner and Hassan, 2011, ISBN 978-90-481-9366-0; 978-90-481-9367-7 (e-book)

Performed works

Endangered Species 1987 (play) co-authored with Sheena Stannard, performed at the Market Theatre, the Edinburgh Festival, in London and in the Netherlands.