Paula Fourie is a writer living in Stellenbosch, South Africa. She holds BMus and MMus degrees from the University of Pretoria and a PhD from Stellenbosch University. Paula currently works as a postdoctoral fellow at the Bern University of the Arts, researching Afrikaans translations of Swiss novels and plays published and performed in South Africa during the apartheid era. She is also a research associate at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation at Stellenbosch University where she is completing a biography of musical theatre composer Taliep Petersen. Paula is also active in professional theatre, having since 2012 worked alongside playwright Athol Fugard as either associate director or co-director in the staging of his plays. Her published work includes poetry, academic journal articles, essays, book chapters and interviews.

Forschungsprojekt
Cultural relations between Switzerland and South Africa