Dalene Matthee
Dalene Matthee (nee Scott) matriculated in 1957 and went on to study music at a conservatorium in Oudtshoorn as well as at the Holy Cross Covent in Graaff-Reinet.
Before gaining fame and wide acclaim for her first "forest novel", she also wrote stories for magazines as well as two popular novels - ’n Huis vir Nadia (A House for Nadia) (1982) and Petronella van Aarde, burgemeester (Petronella van Aarde, Mayor) (1983).
Kringe in ’n bos (Circles in a forest) (1984), a novel about the extermination of the elephants and the exploitation of the woodcutters of the Knysna forest, was an international success. Two other highly successful "forest novels" followed: Fiela se Kind (Fiela's Child) in 1985 and Moerbeibos (The Mulberry Forest) in 1987. Fiela
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Louise Erdrich
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John van de Ruit
John Howard van de Ruit is a South African novelist, actor, playwright and producer. He has been a professional actor, playwright and producer since 1998. He was born in Durban and educated at Michaelhouse, where he stayed in Founders House and from where he matriculated in 1993. He then went on to complete a Masters degree in Drama and Performance at the then University of Natal.
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He is best known for his collaboration with Ben Voss on the satirical sketch show Green Mamba which has toured extensively throughout Southern Africa since 2002. His first novel was published in 2005 by Penguin, entitled Spud. The book was a runaway success in South Africa. It won the 2006 Bookseller's Choice Award. The sequel Spud- The Madness Continues... was rel -
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Small was awarded the Hertzog Prize in 2012 for his contribution to the drama genre. Although the award was well received for being long overdue, some controversy arose because the Academy, in making the award, broke one of their own rules stating that the prize can only be awarded to a writer who has published new and substantial work in a specific genre during the previous -
Fanie Viljoen
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Leon van Nierop
Leon van Nierop is ’n bekroonde skrywer wat reeds 23 vollengte romans geskryf het, asook verskeie radiovervolgverhale, TV-reekse, dramas, rubrieke, boek- en rolprentresensies, kortverhale en akademiese boeke. Hy het verlede jaar die Caxton-toekenning gekry as beste skrywer van die jaar en sy drama Twyfelberg is met die tweede prys vir die RSG-SANLAM radiodrama skryfkompetisie bekroon. Van sy bekendste TV-reekse sluit in Ballade vir ’n enkeling en Wolwedans in die skemer. Hy het die kykNET-sepie Villa Rosa ook geskep en die trefferradioverhaal Stralerjakkers (waarvan daar ook ’n resepteboek uitgegee is). Van sy bekendste romans sluit in Plesierengel, Adrenalien, Sielsmokkelaar en Paradys.
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Khaled Hosseini
Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. In 1970 Hosseini and his family moved to Iran where his father worked for the Embassy of Afghanistan in Tehran. In 1973 Hosseini's family returned to Kabul, and Hosseini's youngest brother was born in July of that year.
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In 1976, when Hosseini was 11 years old, Hosseini's father obtained a job in Paris, France, and moved the family there. They were unable to return to Afghanistan because of the Saur Revolution in which the PDPA communist party seized power through a bloody coup in April 1978. Instead, a year after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, in 1980 they sought political asylum in the United States and made their residence in San Jose, California.
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Dan Brown
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In 2005, Brown was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by TIME Magazine, whose editors credited him with “keeping the publishing industry afloat; renewed interest in Leonardo da Vinci and early Christian history; spiking tourism to Paris and Rome; a growing membership in secret societies; the ire of Cardinals in Rome; eight books denying the claims of the novel and seven guides to read along with it; a -
Ken Follett
Ken Follett is one of the world’s most successful authors. Over 170 million copies of the 36 books he has written have been sold in over 80 countries and in 33 languages.
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Born on June 5th, 1949 in Cardiff, Wales, the son of a tax inspector, Ken was educated at state schools and went on to graduate from University College, London, with an Honours degree in Philosophy – later to be made a Fellow of the College in 1995.
He started his career as a reporter, first with his hometown newspaper the South Wales Echo and then with the London Evening News. Subsequently, he worked for a small London publishing house, Everest Books, eventually becoming Deputy Managing Director.
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Nicholas Evans
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Nicholas Evans was born and grew up in Worcestershire, England. He studied law at Oxford University, graduating with first class honors, then worked as a journalist for three years on the Evening Chronicle in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He then moved into televsion, producing films about US politics and the Middle-East for a weekly current affairs programme called Weekend World. It was during this time that he traveled a lot and got to know the United States.
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John Boyne
I was born in Dublin, Ireland, and studied English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin, and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. In 2015, I was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by UEA.
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I’ve published 14 novels for adults, 6 novels for younger readers, and a short story collection. The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas was a New York Times no.1 Bestseller and was adapted for a feature film, a play, a ballet and an opera, selling around 11 million copies worldwide.
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Antjie Krog
Krog grew up on a farm, attending primary and secondary school in Kroonstad. In 1973 she earned a BA (Hons) degree in English from the University of the Orange Free State, and an MA in Afrikaans from the University of Pretoria in 1976. With a teaching diploma from the University of South Africa (UNISA) she would lecture at a segregated teacher’s training college for black South Africans.
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Gregg Hurwitz
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He is also a New York Times Bestselling comic book writer, having penned stories for Marvel (Wolverine, Punisher) and DC (Batman, Penguin). Additionally, he’s written screenplays for or sold spec scripts to many of the major studios, and written, developed, and produced television for various networks. Gregg resides in Los Angeles. -
Cheryl Strayed
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Deon Meyer
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P.G. du Plessis
Pieter Georg du Plessis is op 14 Julie 1934 op Boshof in die Vrystaat gebore. Sy pa was vir veertig jaar onderwyser in Engels in die Vrystaat. Pieter, soos hy verkies om genoem te word, gaan skool op Cornelia en Heidelberg in Gauteng waar hy aan die Hoër Volkskool matrikuleer.
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Hy behaal die grade:
BA -1955 -(Universiteit van Pretoria),
Onderwysdiploma- 1957 - (Pretoriase Onderwyskollege),
BA Honneurs - 1960- (Universiteit van die Witwatersrand)
Phd -1966 - (Universiteit van die Witwatersrand)
In sy beroepslewe maak hy 'n draai in die onderwys (Hoërskool Fakkel in Johannesburg), lektor by die Johannesburgse Onderwyskollege, senior lektor in Afrikaans en Nederlands by die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand, Direkteur by die Instituut vir Taal, L -
Anoeschka Von Meck
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F.A. Venter
François Alwyn Venter was born in Hopetown on 27 November 1916. He attended school at Vioolskraal, Strydenburg and Hopetown, and matriculated in 1934. He studied at Stellenbosch University and commenced a career as journalist in 1938, working in Cape Town, Pretoria, Windhoek and Johannesburg. In 1960 he began farming in the Kenhardt district, and ten years later started farming near Vredendal in the Olifants River Valley. In 1976 he retired to Strand, where he began to write full-time.
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F.A. Venter was known for his historical novels, short stories and books for young adults. He received the Hertzog Prize for prose in 1961 for his novels Swart pelgrim and Geknelde land. Geknelde land formed part of his Great Trek tetralogy which appeared in t -
N.P. van Wyk Louw
Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw was born at Sutherland on June 11th 1906. He was second in line of four brothers, of which the youngest was W.E.G. Louw, the poet. Their parents Von Moltke and Poppie Louw with their family moved to Cape Town in 1920. The young Van Wyk studied at Cape Town University and received a MA degree in German, later he became lecturer at this university. In 1948 he received an honours degree from Utrecht University for his critique and creative works. In 1949 he became a Professor of Afrikaans at the University of Amsterdam, he held this post until 1958. After that he became Head of Department Afrikaans-Dutch at the University of Witwatersrand.
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Fanie Viljoen
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Lucinda Riley
AKA: Lucinda Edmonds
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Lucinda Riley was born in Northern Ireland, and after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first book aged twenty-four. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and sold thirty million copies worldwide. She is a No.1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller.
Lucinda’s The Seven Sisters series, which tells the story of adopted sisters and is inspired by the mythology of the famous star cluster, has become a global phenomenon. The series is a No.1 bestseller across the world with total sales of over fifteen million copies.
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Jessie Burton
Jessie Burton studied at Oxford University and the Central School of Speech and Drama, where she appeared in productions of The House of Bernarda Alba, Othello, Play and Macbeth. In April 2013 her first novel, The Miniaturist, was sold at an 11-publisher auction at the London Book Fair, and went on to sell in 29 other countries around the world. It was published by Picador in the UK and Holland in July 2014, and the USA in August 2014, with other translations to follow. Radio 4 commissioned it as their Book at Bedtime in July 2014. Her second book, The Muse, set in a dual time-frame, during the Spanish Civil War and 30 years later in 1960s London, was published in 2016. Jessie's first novel for children, The Restless Girls, will be publishe
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Santie van der Merwe
Santie van der Merwe is ’n tuisteskepper wat meer hou van lees as van afstof, en meer van skryf as van stryk. As jong tuisblyma van twee kinders steek sy voelers uit en publiseer ’n paar tydskrifverhale. Toe haar jongste kind universiteit toe is, skryf sy in vir die Bloemfonteinse Skrywersvereniging se jaarlikse wedstryd, en wen die tweede prys vir haar kortverhaal, ’n Dag in Junie. Dit was net genoeg motivering om haar hekelpen neer te sit en haar hand aan ’n liefdesroman te waag. Santie woon saam het haar man, seun, kat en hond in Centurion.
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Anoeschka Von Meck
In 2001 begin sy haar loopbaan as joernalis by Republike in in Windhoek en sou later vir verskeie gemeenskapskoerante in Suid-Afrika werk. Uiteindelik word sy as senior verslaggeefster by Rapport, Kaapstad, aangestel. Von Meck wen verskeie pryse as joernalis sowel as skrywer.
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François Bloemhof
François Bloemhof is in die 1960's in die Paarl gebore. Hy het in 1991 op die Suid-Afrikaanse literêre toneel verskyn as De Kat-pryswenner met sy debuutroman "Die nag het net een oog". Sy volgende drie boeke was almal op 'n manier spanningsverhale, voor moeilik klassifiseerbare tekste soos "Storieboek", "Hostis" en "Klipgooi".
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Omdat jonger lesers van sy boeke gehou het, het hy ook spesifiek vir hulle begin skryf, met soveel sukses dat hy 'n ruk lank net daarop gekonsentreer het. Hy het gou 'n klomp ATKV-Veertjies ('n kompetisie waarin jong lesers self hul wenboeke aanwys) op sy rak gehad, asook pryse vir die tienermark, insluitend vir "Slinger-slinger" en "Nie vir kinders nie" (in Tafelberg en Sanlam se Jeuglektuurwedstryd) en "Stad aan die -
Pietra Rivoli
Dr. Rivoli received her Ph.D. in finance and international economics from the University of Florida.
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Eleanor Baker
Although Baker initially studied music, she obtained her M.A. in Afrikaans (cum laude) in 1968 at the University of Pretoria. In Johannesburg she worked as a school teacher and got married to Walter Baker in 1969. Three years later her debut Wêreld sonder einde appeared, albeit that Weerkaatsings (Reflections) established her status as an important (though unfortunately often undervalued) Afrikaans author who penned 56 books in the end. Since her husband was in the diplomatic service, the couple moved from Teheran to Den Haag and from there to Montreal and Brussels before returning to South Africa to retire. Baker died of cancer at the age of 57.
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Schalk Schoombie
Schalk Schoombie is gebore in Pretoria en word in Barberton en Kempton Park groot. Hy studeer Drama aan die Universiteit van Pretoria waar hy in1979 ’n B.A.-graad in Drama met lof behaal en as finalejaarstudent die Ludwig Binge-toekenning vir sy toneelspel ontvang. Hierna werk hy as akteur een jaar vir KRUIK en sluit dan by TRUK aan, waarna hy ’n voltydse loopbaan in die joernalistiek volg en slegs as vryskut akteur optree.
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P.G. du Plessis
Pieter Georg du Plessis is op 14 Julie 1934 op Boshof in die Vrystaat gebore. Sy pa was vir veertig jaar onderwyser in Engels in die Vrystaat. Pieter, soos hy verkies om genoem te word, gaan skool op Cornelia en Heidelberg in Gauteng waar hy aan die Hoër Volkskool matrikuleer.
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Hy behaal die grade:
BA -1955 -(Universiteit van Pretoria),
Onderwysdiploma- 1957 - (Pretoriase Onderwyskollege),
BA Honneurs - 1960- (Universiteit van die Witwatersrand)
Phd -1966 - (Universiteit van die Witwatersrand)
In sy beroepslewe maak hy 'n draai in die onderwys (Hoërskool Fakkel in Johannesburg), lektor by die Johannesburgse Onderwyskollege, senior lektor in Afrikaans en Nederlands by die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand, Direkteur by die Instituut vir Taal, L -
F.A. Venter
François Alwyn Venter was born in Hopetown on 27 November 1916. He attended school at Vioolskraal, Strydenburg and Hopetown, and matriculated in 1934. He studied at Stellenbosch University and commenced a career as journalist in 1938, working in Cape Town, Pretoria, Windhoek and Johannesburg. In 1960 he began farming in the Kenhardt district, and ten years later started farming near Vredendal in the Olifants River Valley. In 1976 he retired to Strand, where he began to write full-time.
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F.A. Venter was known for his historical novels, short stories and books for young adults. He received the Hertzog Prize for prose in 1961 for his novels Swart pelgrim and Geknelde land. Geknelde land formed part of his Great Trek tetralogy which appeared in t -
N.P. van Wyk Louw
Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw was born at Sutherland on June 11th 1906. He was second in line of four brothers, of which the youngest was W.E.G. Louw, the poet. Their parents Von Moltke and Poppie Louw with their family moved to Cape Town in 1920. The young Van Wyk studied at Cape Town University and received a MA degree in German, later he became lecturer at this university. In 1948 he received an honours degree from Utrecht University for his critique and creative works. In 1949 he became a Professor of Afrikaans at the University of Amsterdam, he held this post until 1958. After that he became Head of Department Afrikaans-Dutch at the University of Witwatersrand.
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Santie van der Merwe
Santie van der Merwe is ’n tuisteskepper wat meer hou van lees as van afstof, en meer van skryf as van stryk. As jong tuisblyma van twee kinders steek sy voelers uit en publiseer ’n paar tydskrifverhale. Toe haar jongste kind universiteit toe is, skryf sy in vir die Bloemfonteinse Skrywersvereniging se jaarlikse wedstryd, en wen die tweede prys vir haar kortverhaal, ’n Dag in Junie. Dit was net genoeg motivering om haar hekelpen neer te sit en haar hand aan ’n liefdesroman te waag. Santie woon saam het haar man, seun, kat en hond in Centurion.
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Jeanne Goosen
Jeanne Goosen is een van die veelsydigste én mees kontroversiële skrywers in Afrikaans. Sy debuteer in 1971 as digter met 'n Uil vlieg weg, opgevolg deur Orrelpunte. Ook as dramaturg druk sy haar stempel af met hoogs suksesvolle eenakters en kabarettekste, Drie eenakters. Maar dis veral as prosaskrywer dat sy vir haar 'n prominente plek in die Afrikaanse letterkunde oopskryf met die publikasie van Om 'n mens na te boots, 'n Kat in die sak, Louoond, Ons is nie almal so nie en die kortverhaalbundel 'n Gelyke kans. Haar mees onlangse prosawerk is Wie is Jan Hoender? (2001) en 'n Pawpaw vir my darling (2002). Sy het ook in 2003 die kabaret Desnieteenstaande geskryf, wat met groot sukses by verskeie kunstefeeste opgevoer is. Jeanne se werk word
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J. Percy FitzPatrick
Sir James Percy FitzPatrick, KCMG, known as Percy FitzPatrick, was a South African author, politician, mining financier and pioneer of the fruit industry. He authored the classic children's book, Jock of the Bushveld (1907).
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The Percy Fitzpatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town was named in his honour.
Motor trails in the eastern part of South Africa follow the trails used by Fitzpatrick and Jock in their travels between the gold mines and the harbour at Delagoa Bay in Mozambique. The most well-known of these are those in the Kruger National Park. -
Etienne van Heerden
Etienne Roché van Heerden grew up in a dual medium household. After matriculating he decided to join the navy, but since he is blind in the right eye, was not called up for combat duty. Instead he served as a dog handler, playing his alsatian at major festivals.
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Van Heerden initially studied law, and was admitted to the South African Side Bar as attorney. He freelanced as deputy sheriff for the Civil Court, and moved about in the townships around Cape Town, dispensing civil summonses and learning a great deal about life in these suppressed communities. As a young practitioner, his clients were mostly from the black and coloured crime-ridden communities around Cape Town.
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Micki Pistorius
Micki Pistorius, who has a doctorate in psychology, spent six years as a profiler with the South African Police Service. As head of their investigative psychology unit, she was involved in more than thirty serial killer cases and participated in the training of more than a hundred detectives in the investigation of serial homicides. She is regularly invited to lecture in France and still acts as a consultant to different South African agencies.
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She is the author of Catch me a Killer, Strangers on the Street, Fatal Females, and Profiling Serial Killers and other crimes in South Africa,all published by Penguin. Her first novel, Sorg, was published by Penguin in 2006.
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Maretha Maartens
Maretha Maartens woon in Bloemfontein. Reeds op 13 het sy stories en bydraes vir Klein Volksblad en die kerklike kindertydskrif Môrelig begin skryf en illustreer. In 1964, gedurende haar eerste jaar as BA Tale-student aan die destydse Universiteit van die Oranje-Vrystaat, is ’n seleksie van dié stories, blokkiesraaisels, strookprente ens deur die NG Sendingpers as Die Lekkerlees Kinderboek gepubliseer. Sedertdien het daar ongeveer 155 boeke uit haar pen – of die een verganklike rekenaar na die ander – verskyn.
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Christiaan Bakkes
Christiaan Mathys Bakkes was born on August 3 1965 in Vredenburg on the West Coast. He matriculated in 1983 at the Pro Arte Art School in Pretoria.
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Christiaan was a game ranger in the Kruger National Park when he lost his left arm in February 1994 after two crocodiles attacked him while he was swimming in a dam. He travelled through Africa for five months after his recovery, worked for the WWF in the Kaokoveld in Namibia for three years, after which he worked for a safari company that conducted eco tours at the Skeleton Coast. He is currently a guide and area manager at Wilderness Safaris in Namibia. He lives in Damaraland in the northwest of Namibia.
His debut, Die lang pad van Stoffel Mathysen, was published in 1998 and four more books abo