Etienne van Heerden

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Etienne Roché van Heerden (born December 3, 1954 in Johannesburg ) is a South African writer .

biography

Van Heerden was born on a farm in the Karoo in 1954, six years after apartheid was introduced , to an English-speaking math teacher and an Afrikaans-speaking sheep farmer . After his studies he worked as a lawyer mainly for black clients and got to know the grievances in the townships first hand .

After his 30th birthday, he began studying literature. In the 1980s he was a member of a group of Afrikaans-speaking authors who secretly met with members of the banned African National Congress . Today he teaches at European universities, such as Leiden and Antwerp , and is a lecturer at the University of Cape Town . He has two daughters with his wife, a doctor.

Works

  • Matoli (1978)
  • My Cuban (1983)
  • Om te AWOL (1984)
  • Liegfabriek (1988)
  • Toorberg (English: Ancestral Voices ) (1986, 1989); German Geisterberg , ad Afrikaans by Peter Sulzer, Unionsverlag Zurich, 1993.
  • Casspirs en Camparis (English: Casspirs and Camparis ) (1991)
  • The Stoetmeester (English: Leap Year ) (1993, 1997)
  • Kikoejoe (English: Kikuyu ) (1996)
  • The Swye van Mario Salviati (English: The Long Silence of Mario Salviati ) (2000, 2003)
  • In stede van die lende (2005)
  • Asbesmiddag (2007)
  • 30 Nagte in Amsterdam (2008)

Awards

  • 1989: Hertzogprys for prose for Toorberg
  • 2010: Hertzogprys for prose for 30 nags in Amsterdam

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personal data
SURNAME Heerden, Etienne van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heerden, Etienne Roché van (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African writer
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd December 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Johannesburg