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Gillian Slovo is a South African-born British playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. She was born on 15 March 1952 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is the daughter of anti-apartheid activists Ruth First and Joe Slovo. She was educated at the University of Sussex and the University of London.
Slovo has written several plays, including The Riots, which was performed at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1989. She has also written several novels, including Ice Road (1996), Red Dust (2003), and Ten Days (2008). She has written several screenplays, including the award-winning film Tsotsi (2005).
Slovo is married to the British actor and director David Hare. They have two children. She currently lives in London.
As of 2021, Gillian Slovo's net worth is estimated to be around $2 million.
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72 years old |
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15 March, 1952 |
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15 March |
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Johannesburg, South Africa |
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South Africa |
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Gillian Slovo Height, Weight & Measurements
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She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Joe Slovo, Ruth First |
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Cassie Slovo |
Gillian Slovo Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Gillian Slovo worth at the age of 72 years old? Gillian Slovo’s income source is mostly from being a successful . She is from South Africa. We have estimated
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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In December 2019, along with 42 other leading cultural figures, Slovo signed a letter endorsing the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership in the 2019 general election. The letter stated that "Labour's election manifesto under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership offers a transformative plan that prioritises the needs of people and the planet over private profit and the vested interests of a few."
Slovo was the 25th president of the English Centre of International PEN, the worldwide writers fellowship. In 2012 she took part in a PEN International delegation to Mexico to protest against the killing of journalists in that country, alongside presidents of other PEN Centres and internationally prominent writers.
Slovo's novels were at first predominantly of the crime and thriller genres, including a series featuring the detective Kate Baeier, but she has since written more literary fiction. Her 2000 work Red Dust, a courtroom drama that explores the meanings and effects of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, was made into a film of the same name released in 2004, directed by Tom Hooper and starring Hilary Swank, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Jamie Bartlett. Slovo's 2004 work Ice Road was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. The novel incorporates real events (the death of Sergey Kirov) with a fictionalised rendering of life during the Siege of Leningrad.
Slovo's 1997 memoir, Every Secret Thing: My Family, My Country, is an account of her childhood in South Africa and her relationship with her parents Joe Slovo and Ruth First — both famous South African Communist Party leaders and major figures in the anti-apartheid struggle who lived perilous lives of exile, armed resistance, and occasional imprisonment, which culminated in her mother's assassination by South African forces in 1982. A family memoir in the form of a feature film, A World Apart (1988), was written by her sister Shawn Slovo and starred Barbara Hershey. With Victoria Brittain, Slovo compiled the play Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom, which was put on in theatres internationally.
Slovo attended the University of Manchester, graduating in 1974 with a bachelor's degree in the history and philosophy of science, before working as a journalist and television producer. Slovo's family is Jewish.
Gillian Slovo (born 15 March 1952, in Johannesburg) is a South African novelist, playwright and memoirist. She has lived in London since 1964, when her family went into exile there from South Africa. She was a recipient of the Golden PEN Award.
