Rayda Jacobs, the novelist and documentary filmmaker is born

Rayda Jacobs was born in  Cape Town on 6 March 1947. Her first publication was a collection of short stories called “The Middle Children”, which was published in 1994.[i] Rayda’s first novel was “Eyes of the Sky”, which was published in 1996.[ii] The novel won the Herman Charles Bosman Prize for English fiction.[iii] “The Slave Book” was her second novel and it was published in 1998.[iv] Both of her first novels were historical romances, which began to unravel the slave explore the slave history of the Cape.[v] Rayda was a member of the Editorial Committee of Parliament of the World’s Religions in 1999.[vi] Her third novel was “Sachs Street”, which was published in 2001, and completely the Rayda’s trilogy.[vii] “Confessions of a Gambler” is Rayda’s fourth novel, and it was published in 2003.[viii] The novel won the Sunday Times Literary Award for Fiction[ix] , as well as the Herman Charles Bosman Prize for English Fiction in 2004.[x] She was also the scriptwriter and co-director for the film adaption to “Confessions of a Gambler”.[xi] Rayda published her autobiography titled “Masquerade” in 2008.[xii] She has also written 10 feature articles for the Cape Times on the One City Many Cultures programme in Cape Town.[xiii] End Notes [i] Rayda Jacobs, http://www.nb.co.za/authors/2687 (1 May 2017). ↵ [ii] Rayda Jacobs, http://www.kwela.com/authors/2687 (1 May 2017). ↵ [iii] Rayda Jacobs, http://www.nb.co.za/authors/2687 (1 May 2017). ↵ [iv] Rayda Jacobs, http://www.kwela.com/authors/2687 (1 May 2017). ↵ [v] Marx, L.: Rayda Jacobs: An Overview, http://www.cci.uct.ac.za/usr/cci/publications/aria/download_issues/2001/2001_F_Marx.pdf (1 May 2017). ↵ [vi] About Rayda Jacobs, http://www.muslim.co.za/people/rayda_jacobs/page-58 (1 May 2017). ↵ [vii] Rayda Jacobs, http://www.nb.co.za/authors/2687 (1 May 2017). ↵ [viii] Rayda Jacobs, http://www.kwela.com/authors/2687 (1 May 2017). ↵ [ix] About Rayda Jacobs, http://www.muslim.co.za/people/rayda_jacobs/page-58 (1 May 2017). ↵ [x] Rayda Jacobs, http://www.nb.co.za/authors/2687 (1 May 2017). ↵ [xi] Rayda Jacobs, http://www.kwela.com/authors/2687 (1 May 2017). ↵ [xii] Rayda Jacobs, http://www.nb.co.za/authors/2687 (1 May 2017). ↵ [xiii] About Rayda Jacobs, http://www.muslim.co.za/people/rayda_jacobs/page-58 (1 May 2017). ↵