Gaele Sobott facts for kids
Gaele Sobott (born in 1956) is an Australian writer. She creates many types of stories, including poems, short stories, non-fiction books, and books for children. She is also known as Gaele Sobott-Mogwe.
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About Gaele Sobott
Gaele Sobott was born in 1956 in a place called Yallourn, Victoria, in Australia. For a long time, she lived in Botswana and became a citizen there. She studied English and History at the University of Botswana. Later, she even taught in the English Department at that university.
She also spent time studying in France and England. In England, she earned a special degree called a PhD. Her studies focused on women writers from South Africa. Today, Gaele Sobott lives in Sydney, Australia.
She is also the person who started Outlandish Arts. This is an arts group led by people with disabilities.
Gaele Sobott's Writing Career
Gaele Sobott has written many interesting books.
Books for Adults and Young Adults
One of her books is a biography called My Longest Round: the life story of Wally Carr. A biography tells the life story of a real person. This book is about Wally Carr, who was a famous Australian boxer. He was a First Nations man and won many boxing titles. Wally Carr fought an amazing 101 professional boxing matches!
My Longest Round shares Wally's view of Sydney, Australia. It talks about old games, people from the working class helping each other, and important parts of Aboriginal and Australian history. Gaele Sobott worked closely with Wally to write his story.
She also helped edit a book called Young Days: Bankstown Aboriginal Elders Oral History Project. This book was published in 2013. It shares the spoken stories of older Aboriginal people from Bankstown.
Her collection of short stories is called Colour Me Blue. These stories mix fantasy with real life. They combine African history and traditions with everyday struggles. The stories show how people can be treated unfairly. They also show the kindness between people and the power of African myths.
Children's Books by Gaele Sobott
Gaele Sobott has written several books especially for children. These stories are often about adventure and important lessons.
- The Magic Pool: In this book, some children go to find out if stories about a python at a waterhole are true.
- Tickles: This story is about two children, Moabi and Sonti. They help on a game reserve when rangers bring in a baby elephant that has lost its parents.
- Weird Wambo: This book is about a character named Wambo who lives alone in a baobab tree. The children in the village used to laugh at Wambo. But one day, they need Wambo's help.
- Thara Meets the Cassipoohka Man: This story talks about global warming, which is when the Earth's temperature gets warmer. This book won an award in Zimbabwe for children's literature.
Other Writings
Gaele Sobott also writes essays. An essay is a short piece of writing on a specific topic. Her essay "Commutare" is about traveling from the western suburbs of Sydney to the city center. It appeared in the Sydney Review of Books.
She has also written about how gender roles changed in Botswana during Second World War. She explored how the British government tried to grow more food in Botswana (which was then called Bechuanaland Protectorate) to send to other countries. Because many Batswana men were away fighting in the army or working in mines, women had to do more of the farm work.
In another essay called "Humans Being," she talks about how important it is to see "being" as an action. She believes that writing and sharing stories helps us connect with others and show solidarity.
