Stephen Gray (writer)

Stephen Gray is a South African writer and critic who was born in Cape Town in 1941. He studied at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown^[1] and later at the University of Cape Town, Cambridge University, England, and the University of Iowa, USA. Until 1992, he was Professor of English at the Rand Afrikaans University in Johannesburg.

Gray is a prolific poet and has published eight novels. Recurrent themes include attitudes to homosexuality and the many rewritings of history in South Africa. He has also written for the theatre and edited collections of work by Athol Fugard and Herman Charles Bosman.

Published works

[Note: Gray has been published in many countries by various publishers in other editions. consult ISBN in WorldCat and other sources for multiple editions.]

Novels and short stories

• Local Colour. Ravan Press, 1975. ISBN 0-86975-046-1
• Visible People. R. Collings, 1977. ISBN 0-86036-046-6.
• Caltrop's Desire. Africa Book Centre, 1980. ISBN 0-86036-108-X.
• Time of our Darkness. Arrow, 1988. ISBN 0-09-965670-1.
• Born of Man. Gay Men's Press, 1989. ISBN 0-85449-107-4.
• War Child. Serif, 1994. ISBN 1-897959-01-X.
• My Serial Killer and other Short Stories. Jacana Media, 2005. ISBN 1-77009-030-4

Plays

• Schreiner: A One-Woman Play. David Philip, 1983. ISBN 0-908396-97-X.

Poetry

• It's About Time. David Philip, 1974. ISBN 0-949968-21-8.
• Hottentot Venus and other Poems. David Philip, 1979.
• Love Poems: Hate Poems. Bellew Publishing, 1982. ISBN 0-86036-196-9.
• Apollo Café and Other Poems, 1982-89. David Philip, 1989. ISBN 0-86486-129-X.
• Season of Violence, Justified Press, 1992. ISBN 1-871049-87-3
• Selected Poems 1960-92, David Philip, 1994. ISBN 0-86486-238-5
• Gabriel's Exhibition, Mayibuye Books, 1998. ISBN 1-86808-378-0

As editor

• C. Louis Leipoldt. Stormwrack. David Philip, 1980. ISBN 0908396104.
• Modern South African Poetry. A. D. Donker, 1984. ISBN 0-86852-056-X.
• The Penguin Book of Southern African Stories. Penguin, 1985. ISBN 0-14-007239-X.
• The Penguin Book of Southern African Verse. Penguin, 1988. ISBN 0-14-058510-9.
• South Africa Plays: New South African Drama. Nick Hern, 1994. ISBN 1-85459-148-7.
• Charles Rawden Maclean alias John Ross. The Natal Papers of "John Ross". U of Natal P, 1996. ISBN 0-86980-851-6.

Other

• Southern African Literature: An Introduction. Barnes & Noble Imports, 1979. ISBN 0-06-492530-7.
• John Ross: The True Story. 1987.
• Human Interest and Other Pieces. Justified Press, 1993. ISBN 0-947451-23-4.
• Accident of Birth: An Autobiography. COSAW Publishing, 1993. ISBN 1-874879-23-0.
• Free-lancers and Literary Biography in South Africa. Editions Rodopi BV, 1999. ISBN 90-420-0656-0.
• Life Sentence: A Biography of Herman Charles Bosman. Human & Rousseau, 2005. ISBN 0-7981-4484-X.

References

External links

• Stephen Gray Collection at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin