Chris Barnard

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Christiaan Johan Barnard (born July 15, 1939 in Mataffin near Nelspruit , † December 28, 2015 in Cape Town ) was a South African writer. He was a member of the Sestigers and received numerous literary prizes .

Life

Barnard attended the Hoërskool Nelspruit, which he graduated from Matric in 1957 . He studied Afrikaans / Dutch and art history at the University of Pretoria .

In 1961 he received the first CNA Literary Award for his debut novel Bekende onrus . In 1962 he was a co-founder and one of the youngest members of the avant-garde movement of the Sestigers, who write in Afrikaans. At the age of 25, like many other members of the movement, he traveled to Paris . He leaves an extensive work behind. In addition to novels and short stories, Barnard wrote dramas , screenplays - especially for television - and radio plays .

Chris Barnard was first married from 1962 to 1978. In 1978 he married again. From the two marriages he had four sons. He last lived on the Thulani farm near his birthplace. Barnard died of a myocardial infarction at the age of 76 .

Works

prose

  • Confess onrus. Novel (1961)
  • The houtbeeld. Novella (1961)
  • Boela van die Blouwater. Youth novel (1962)
  • Man in the middel. Novel (1963)
  • Dwaal. Novella (1964)
  • The swanesang van majoor summer. Novella (1965)
  • Duiwel-in-the-bos. Short Stories (1968)
  • Mahala. Novel (1971)
  • Chriskras. Short stories and prose sketches (1972)
  • Danda. Youth novel (1974)
  • Chriskras: 'n tweede keur. Short stories and prose sketches (1976)
  • Danda op Oudeur. Youth novel (1977)
  • So onder deur die maan: Chriskras 3rd short stories and prose sketches (1985)
  • Voetpad na Vergere. Youth novel (1987)
  • Klopdisselboom - the best of Chriskras. Short stories and prose sketches (1988)
  • Moerland. Novel (1992)
  • Boendoe. Novel (1999)
  • Oulap se blou. Short Stories (2008)
  • The wonderwerker. Biography (2012)

Dramas and radio plays

  • Pa, maak vir my 'n vlieër, Pa. (1964)
  • Morgen, Morgen und Morgen , a piece (original title: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, translated by Alf Leegaarad). Sales office and publishing house of German stage writers and stage composers, Hamburg 1967, DNB 790467771 .
  • A stasis in the rivet. (1970)
  • The rebel van Lafras Verwey. (1971)
  • Someone om voor nag te sê. (1975)
  • Op die pad na Acapulco. (1975)
  • 'n Man met vakansie. (1977)
  • Taraboemdery. (1977)
  • Paljas. (1998)

Awards

  • 1961: CNA Literary Award for Confessing onrus
  • 1968: CNA Literary Award for Duiwel-in-die-bos
  • 1973: Hertzogprys for prose for Mahala and Duiwel-in-die-bos
  • 1974: Hofmeyrprys for Mahala
  • 1992: Hofmeyrprys for Moerland
  • 1991: Hertzogprys for dramas for the entire dramatic work
  • 1993: CNA Literary Award for Moerland

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Well-known Afrikaans writer Chris Barnard dies . Channel24, December 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ Michael Smit: Literary legend Chris Barnard . Interview with Barnard on Get It Lowveld , August 28, 2009, accessed May 25, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Barnard, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barnard, Christiaan Johan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Mataffin near Nelspruit
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 2015
Place of death Cape Town