Head, Bessie 1937-1986

Overview

Works:	196 works in 679 publications in 9 languages and 14,136 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Biography History Records and correspondence Criticism, interpretation, etc Interviews Juvenile works Comic books, strips, etc Study guides
Roles:	Author, Author of introduction, Creator, Interviewee
Classifications:	PR9369.3.H4, 823

Publication Timeline

1960 |

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Publications about Bessie Head

Publications by Bessie Head

Publications by Bessie Head, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Bessie Head

Bessie Head by Craig MacKenzie ( Book )
A woman alone : autobiographical writings by Bessie Head ( Book )
Bessie Head : thunder behind her ears : her life and writing by Gillian Stead Eilersen ( Book )
Bessie Head : the road of peace of mind : a critical appreciation by Joyce Johnson ( Book )
Achebe, Head, Marechera : on power and change in Africa by Annie Gagiano ( Book )

A gesture of belonging : letters from Bessie Head, 1965-1979 by Bessie Head ( Book )
The Tragic life : Bessie Head and literature in Southern Africa ( Book )
Critical essays on Bessie Head ( Book )
Bessie Head : subversive identities in exile by Huma Ibrahim ( Book )
The creative vision of Bessie Head by Coreen Brown ( Book )
Monstrous intimacies : making post-slavery subjects by Christina Elizabeth Sharpe ( Book )
The life and works of Bessie Head by Virginia Uzoma Ola ( Book )
Emerging perspectives on Bessie Head ( Book )
Living on a horizon : Bessie Head and the politics of imagining by Desiree Lewis ( Book )
Artists of the floating world : contemporary writers between cultures by Robert Stacey Burton ( Book )
An aspect of the South African experience in literature and reading by Suleiman Jaji ( Book )
Forceful creation in harsh terrain : place and identity in three novels by Bessie Head by Maria Olaussen ( Book )
Examining whiteness : reading Clarice Lispector through Bessie Head and Toni Morrison by Lúcia Villares ( Book )
Bessie Head : a bibliography by Susan Gardner ( Book )
Imaginative trespasser : letters between Bessie Head and Patrick and Wendy Cullinan, 1963-1977 ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Bessie Head

When rain clouds gather by Bessie Head ( Book )
75 editions published between 1968 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 1,396 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
South African political refugee, Makhaya, and Englishman Gilbert Balfour join forces to revolutionize the villagers' traditional farming methods

A question of power by Bessie Head ( Book )
58 editions published between 1973 and 2011 in 6 languages and held by 1,377 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Roman om en farvet sydafrikansk kvindes flugt til Botswana og til mere menneskelige forhold

Maru by Bessie Head ( Book )
72 editions published between 1971 and 2013 in 7 languages and held by 1,283 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Margaret Cadmore, an orphaned Masarwa girl, goes to teach in the remote village of Dilepe in Botswana, where her own people are kept as slaves. Her presence polarizes a community which does not see Masarwa people as human, and condemns her to the lonely life of an outcast"--Publisher's description

The collector of treasures, and other Botswana village tales by Bessie Head ( Book )
36 editions published between 1977 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 852 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of short stories based on life in a Botswanan village, including the story of a woman who murders the husband who deserted her years before

Serowe, village of the rain wind by Bessie Head ( Book )
27 editions published between 1981 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 655 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Autobiographies of individual villagers arranged in thematic chapters

Tales of tenderness and power by Bessie Head ( Book )
34 editions published between 1989 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 648 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Qu'elle évoque l'histoire ou puise dans la tradition, Bessie Head (1937-1986), Métisse d'origine sud-africaine, fait vivre un peuple entier, ses conflits mortels, bien au-delà du clivage Blancs-Noirs, mais aussi ses luttes, sa dignité à travers les pires calamités et le regard sans pareil qu'il porte sur le monde. 20 contes et nouvelles vibrant de joie, de désespoir et de colère

The cardinals : with meditations and short stories by Bessie Head ( Book )
18 editions published between 1993 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 467 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A novella and seven stories by a black South African writer. The title novella is on a woman who at birth is sold by her mother to a childless couple and who runs away when the stepfather begins molesting her. Eventually she obtains a job as a reporter on a black newspaper, where she finds love. Through her eyes is seen the struggle against apartheid

To stir the heart by Bessie Head ( Book )
4 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 184 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The deep river / Bessie Head -- The collector of treasures / Bessie Head -- Wedding at the cross / Ngugi wa Thiong'o -- Minutes of glory / Ngugi wa Thiong'o

A bewitched crossroad : an African saga by Bessie Head ( Book )
8 editions published between 1984 and 1986 in English and held by 142 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Between the lines : interviews with Bessie Head, Sheila Roberts, Ellen Kuzwayo, Miriam Tlali by Dieter Welz ( Book )
4 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 96 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The cardinals, with meditations and stories by Bessie Head ( Book )
5 editions published in 1993 in English and Undetermined and held by 90 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A novella and seven stories by a black South African writer. The title novella is on a woman who at birth is sold by her mother to a childless couple and who runs away when the stepfather begins molesting her. Eventually she obtains a job as a reporter on a black newspaper, where she finds love. Through her eyes is seen the struggle against apartheid

The lovers by Bessie Head ( Book )
10 editions published between 1994 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 86 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When rain clouds gather ; & Maru by Bessie Head ( Book )
3 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 56 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Call me woman by Ellen Kuzwayo ( Book )
7 editions published between 1985 and 2004 in English and Undetermined and held by 51 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Call Me Woman is the autobiography of Ellen Kuzwayo, a black South African woman whose life as a social worker, woman's rights activist, politican, and more was woven in political history of South Africa for almost 60 years. Kuzwayo 's autobiography documents a complex series of changes in herself and her culture, including the onset and devastation of apartheid. Ms. Kuzwayo was the first black person to win South Africa's premier literary prize, the CNS Literary Award."--Jacket

When rain clouds gather : and related readings by Bessie Head ( Book )
1 edition published in 1997 in English and held by 51 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A South African refugee begins a new life in a village in Botswana

Deep cuts : graphic adaptations of stories by Can Themba ( Book )
1 edition published in 1993 in English and held by 49 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A woman alone : autobiographical writings by Bessie Head ( Book )
15 editions published between 1990 and 2007 in English and Undetermined and held by 40 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The collector of treasures by Bessie Head ( Book )
12 editions published between 1977 and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 39 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Oorspronkelijke titel en uitgave: The collector of treasures, 1977

Wenn der Regen fällt : Erzählungen aus Südafrika by Bessie Head ( Book )
3 editions published between 1988 and 1991 in German and held by 23 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Belletristik : Südafrika (Republik) ; Erzählungen

Als er regen komt : roman by Bessie Head ( Book )
3 editions published in 1978 in Dutch and English and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Oorspronkelijke titel en uitgave: When rain clouds gather, 1968

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