Ronnie Govender

**Sathiseelan Gurilingam** "**Ronnie**" Govender OIS (16 Mee 1934 - 29 Eprel 2021) bụ onye na-ede egwuregwu na South Africa, onye nduzi ihe nkiri na onye na-eme ihe nkiri nke a maara maka mbọ ọ na-eme na ihe nkiri obodo. A maara ya dị ka onye ọsụ ụzọ nke ihe nkiri India South Africa na mba ahụ. Ụfọdụ n'ime ọrụ ya a ma ama gụnyere Black Chin White Chin, Song of the Atman, na At the Edge and Other Cato Manor Stories. At the Edge meriri 1997 Commonwealth Writers' Prize maka akwụkwọ mbụ kachasị mma, *Afrịka*.

Govender nwetara gọọmentị South Africa Order of Ikhamanga na 2008 maka ntinye aka na ochichi onye kwuo uche ya, udo na ikpe ziri ezi na obodo site na ihe nkiri.

## Ndụ mbido
Sathiseelan Gurilingam Govender mụrụ na 16 Mee 1934 na Cato Manor, mpaghara ndị India na Durban.A mụrụ nna ya na Cato Manor, ebe nne ya mụrụ na Fynnlands, akụkụ ọzọ nke Durban. Nne na nna ya ochie n'akụkụ abụọ nke ezinụlọ si South India. Mgbe ha gụchara oge nke indenture, nne na nna ya ochie biri na Cato Manor. Dị ka ezinụlọ ndị India ndị ọzọ bi na Saụt Afrịka, ha zụtara otu obere ala ha ga-akụ akwụkwọ nri. Nna nna ya ghọrọ onye ntụgharị okwu n'ụlọikpe. Nna ya bụ onye na-anya gwongworo na nne ya bụ nwunye ụlọ. Govender nwere ụmụnne iri.

## Ọrụ
.Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ praịmarị na sekọndrị, Govender malitere ịgụ akwụkwọ na Mahadum Cape Town (UCT), wee were ọrụ dịka onye na-ede egwuregwu maka New Age iji kwụọ ụgwọ ya.N'ikwekọ na nkwụghachi akwụkwọ ahụ megide ịkpa ókè agbụrụ, Govender gbara ndị obodo India ume ka ha kwụsị mmemme egwuregwu kewapụrụ iche.  Agbanyeghị, ndị ọchịchị mechiri akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ otu afọ ka Govender sonyechara. N'ịbụ onye enweghị ike ịkwado onwe ya na Cape Town, ọ laghachiri na Durban wee banye na Springfield Training College ka ọ bụrụ onye nkụzi.

Mgbe ọ ghọsịrị onye nkuzi, Govender malitere ọrụ ya dị ka onye edemede. Egwuregwu mbụ ya bụ Beyond Calvary (1962) nwetara otuto site n'aka ndị nkatọ. N'afọ 1964, ya na Muthal Naidoo na Bennie Bersee,  o guzobere ụlọ ọrụ ihe nkiri a na-akpọ Shah Theatre Academy iji megide ihe nkiri nke oge ahụ.  Ọ gara n'ihu dee ihe nkiri ndị ọzọ, gụnyere The Lahnee's Pleasure (1972),  otu n'ime ihe nkiri kachasị ogologo na South Africa.  Ọ bụ ezie na Govender natara akwụkwọ ịkpọ òkù ịga njem The Lahnee's Pleasure na mba ofesi na n'ụlọ ihe nkiri ndị dị na South Africa, ọ jụrụ dị ka akụkụ nke boycott omenala nke ịkpa ókè agbụrụ. Nchịkọta akụkọ mkpirikpi ya At the Edge and Other Cato Manor Stories meriri 1997 Commonwealth Writers' Prize maka akwụkwọ mbụ kachasị mma, Africa.  Akwụkwọ ahụ wuru na akụkọ sitere na nwata ya na Cato Manor, mpaghara India nke Durban. E mechara gbanwee akwụkwọ ahụ ka ọ bụrụ otu nwanyị nke onye na-eme ihe nkiri bụ Jailoshini Naidoo gosipụtara. Egwuregwu *1949* (1994), nke dabeere na nwata Govender na Cato Manor, na-atụle ndụ ndị India na South Africa na-esote Group Areas Act.  E depụtara akwụkwọ ya nke afọ 2007 bụ *Black Chin White Chin* maka 2007 Commonwealth Prize.  Ndị nkatọ akọwaala ụdị edemede Govender dị ka nke a na-achọghị mma, ma kwuo na ọrụ ya na-eme ka ndị India mara site na ume ya, ọchị ya, na ume ya n'ọnọdụ siri ike. A na-ewere ọrụ ya dị ka ihe dị mkpa n'ịmepụta njirimara mba South Africa.  [8]

Gọọmentị South Africa nyere ya Order of Ikhamanga na 2008 "maka enyemaka dị mma  onyere na ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya na ikpe ziri ezi na South Africa site na ụdị ihe nkiri".[his] N'afọ 2014, Mahadum Teknụzụ nke Durban nyekwara Govender nzere doctorate nsọpụrụ "maka enyemaka ya na akwụkwọ na nka n'ozuzu ya yana enyemaka ya na ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya, udo na ikpe ziri ezi na South Africa site na ihe nkiri".

## Ndụ onwe onye
Nwa ya nwanyị, Pregs Govender, bụ onye na-ahụ maka ihe ndị ruuru mmadụ na onye bụbu Onye omeiwu South Africa.

Govender nwụrụ na 29 Eprel 2021, site na ọrịa metụtara afọ. Ọ dị afọ iri asatọ na isii.

## Na-arụ ọrụ

* *An Edition of the Collected Plays of Ronnie Govender*, University of Natal, 1991
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* *At the Edge and Other Cato Manor Stories*, Manx, 1996
* *Song of the Atman*, Jacana Media, 2006, 
* *Interplay: A Collection of South African Plays*, MANX, 2006, 
* *Black Chin White Chin*, HarperCollins, 2007, 
* *In the Manure: Memories and Reflections*, David Philip, 2008,