Southermost,
Tel +27 0(28) 435 6565 g Fax +27 0(86)
674 9522 g Email cowperlewis@isat.co.za
South African ID 400720 0011 089
WORK EXPERIENCE
Editor, proofreader, writer,
translator (freelance)
April 1996 – present
All4Women.co.za, website
May 2010 -
present
·
Proofreads daily articles for writing style, grammatical and
typing errors and inconsistencies, and inaccuracies; helps design articles for
publication
Veld &
Flora, National
publication for the Botanical Society of
June 2007,
June 2008 and December 2008
·
Proofreads quarterly issues for writing
style, grammatical and typing errors and inconsistencies, and inaccuracies.
2005 – present (voluntary)
·
Proofreads Park publications and media
material for writing style, grammatical and typing errors and inconsistencies,
and inaccuracies.
1996
– present
·
Proofreads and edits theses
for post-graduate degrees and material on articles for syllabus content
Cape Agulhas Tourism
Bureau, Bredasdorp, and
1997
– present
·
Edits, writes,
composes, and proofreads the Cape Agulhas
Regional Visitor’s Guide. Nos. 5-13
and 15, and other miscellaneous English and Afrikaans tourism material
·
Creates articles for tourism-related press releases
·
Translated from
Afrikaans to English the Spookdraai
Hiking Trail brochure and translates miscellaneous tourism material
Agulhas
Business Chamber
1997
·
Redesigned and
proofread publicity and information material
Writer, Local,
regional and national press; regional and national magazines, and miscellaneous
other media publications
1997 –2010
(voluntary)
·
Writes letters, articles, observations, and reports on
miscellaneous subjects and issues, including the environment, botany, ethics,
health, biography, etc.
See Appendix A
for Work Experience prior to 1997
EDUCATION
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Language Skills English:
Afrikaans:
Reading (proficient); speaking, writing (good)
Limited
knowledge and vocabulary of European languages
See Appendix B
for Publication List
AWARDS and MEMBERSHIPS
Merit Awards
December 1986,
December 1989, and December 1994.
Writer Award Best article for the year by an amateur
botanist (2006) for “My Fynbos Garden at the Tip of Africa” in Veld and Flora.
Membership MENSA
International (
MENSA
Suidpunt
Environmental
Miscellaneous
other environmental and animal rights bodies
REFERENCES on REQUEST
Written
Email/Telephonic
1. Mr Nigel Bell. Senior Lecturer:
Email:
alannigelbell123@gmail.com; +27 (0)72 237 6617
2.
Ms Angela Millar. Chief
Executive Officer:
Email: angela@brd.dorea.co.za; +27 (0)28 424 2584 or +27 (0)82 871 5868
3. Ms Sanetta Stemmet. Projects
Manager:
Email:
sanets@brd.dorea.co.za;
+27 (0)28 424 2584 or +27 (0)82 896 2225
4. Ms Caroline Voget. Editor: Veld & Flora,
Email:
voget@kingsley.co.za;
+27 (0)21 794 4391
5.
Ms Peta Thomas. CMP, BSc Hons, MBA, PGDip. Systemic
Management.
Email: totalimpact@iafrica.com; +27 (0)11 646 2520, +27 (0)28 435 6542 or +27 (0)82 811 0045
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APPENDIX A: WORK EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO 1997
Senior administrative officer, Department of Europe
Studies,
1990 – April 1996
· Supplied
departmental administrative support to the Head of Department, eight permanent
full-time, and eight contract and temporary full-time and part-time members of
the academic staff
· Provided
administrative, informative, referral and organisational support for the
Department of Europe Studies, with specific responsibility for all student
matters and examinations, together with the provision of an editorial and
desk-top publishing function for academic staff
·
Maintained all internal student records for over two hundred
students
· Liaised
between the Department and students, academic staff, conference delegates, and
external examiners and other bodies
· Interacted with lecturers
from twelve different countries and correlated bi-annual examination papers in
six different European languages
· Performed
editorial functions and assisted professors and other members of staff with
research and publications
· Proofread and edited
post-graduate student theses, research publications, manuscripts, Honours and
Masters theses, and material in French
·
Liaised with printers and publishers, both academic and
non-academic, inside and outside of the University
Administrative officer and Senior
administrative officer,
University of Natal Oral Documentation and Research Centre,
Campbell Collections and Centre for Oral Studies, University of Natal, Durban
1987
– April 1995
· Organised
three triennial conferences
· Proofread
and edited academic conference papers and material in Zulu
· Designed and produced
material for the Centre for Oral Studies,
Senior administrative assistant
and Administrative officer,
Department of French and Spanish,
1984
– 1989
· Administrated
a foreign language department
· Proofread
post-graduate student theses and publications and material in French
· Interacted
with lecturers from six different countries and prepared bi-annual examination
papers in two different European languages
· Designed and produced
departmental material
Administrative assistant,
Higher Degrees Office,
March
1982 – 1984
· Assisted
three faculty administration heads with the processing of post-graduate
material
· Interacted
administratively with post-graduate students
Writer, Local,
regional and national press; regional and national magazines, and miscellaneous
other media publications
1960 –1996
(voluntary)
·
Writes letters, articles, observations, and reports on
miscellaneous subjects and issues, including the environment, botany, ethics,
health, biography, etc.
Shorthand-typist, personal assistant, flight
attendant (CAA), mother, wife, domestic administrator, spring-board diving
instructor, fashion model, personnel consultant, environmental campaigner.
1960
– 1982
APPENDIX B: PUBLICATION LIST
ACADEMIC
PUBLICATIONS
Editorial Assistant
I assisted the editor(s) with the
following publications for departments at the
·
Sienaert E. and R. Whitaker (eds). 1985.
Zulu and Xhosa Oral Poetry, performed and
explained. Guide to the video recording. Praise-poetry performed at the First Triennial Conference
“Oral Tradition and Literacy: Changing Visions of the World”.
·
Sienaert, E., F.E. Lederlin and A. de Ravel (eds). 1985. Poésie de
langue française. Pietermaritzburg:
·
Sienaert, E., F.E. Lederlin and A. de Ravel (eds). 1986. Poésie de
langue française - livre du maître. (Teachers’
Handbook).
·
Sienaert, Edgard and Nigel Bell (eds). 1988.
Catching Winged Words: Oral Tradition and
Education. Second Triennial Conference Proceedings.
·
Yali-Manisi, D.L.P. 1988. Two Izibongo performed at the conference
“Catching Winged Words: Oral Tradition and Education” (ed. Edgard Sienaert
and Nigel Bell). Guide to the audio- and video
recording. Second Triennial Conference Proceedings.
·
Jousse, Marcel. 1990. The Oral Style (trans. Edgard Sienaert
and Richard Whitaker).
·
Sienaert, E. and F.E. Lederlin. Anthology of French Short Stories. 1995. Pietermaritzburg:
·
Hutchings, Geoff (ed.). 1996. The
·
Jousse, Marcel. 2000. The Anthropology of Geste and Rhythm. (ed. and trans. Edgard Sienaert in collaboration with
Joan Conolly).
I co-edited the following publication for the Department of
English at the
·
I co-edited the following publications for departments at the
·
Sienaert, Edgard, Meg Cowper-Lewis and Nigel Bell. 1994. Oral Tradition
and Its Transmission: The Many Forms of Message. Fourth
Triennial Conference Proceedings.
·
Sienaert, Edgard, Nigel Bell and Meg Lewis (eds). 1991. Oral Tradition
and Innovation: New Wine in Old Bottles. Third
Triennial Conference Proceedings.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Writer - Freelance
I had the following articles
published in the Veld & Flora, official
publication of the Botanical Society of
·
Cowper-Lewis, Meg. (ed.) 2009. “The Kwongan Heathlands of
·
Cowper-Lewis, Meg. (ed.) 2008. “The Development at Pietie se Punt in the
·
Cowper-Lewis, Meg. (ed.) 2006. “My