Wilma Stockenström

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Wilhelmina Johanna "Wilma" Stockenström (born August 7, 1933 in Napier ) is a South African writer, translator and actress. She writes in Afrikaans and has received numerous South African literary awards.

Life

Stockenström was born in Napier, where she also attended high school. She studied at the University of Stellenbosch and earned a Bachelor of Arts in acting in 1952 . She worked as a broadcaster in Cape Town for a year before she married the Estonian philologist Ants Kirsipuu and lived with him in Pretoria , where she mainly worked as a translator. In 1983 JM Coetzee translated her short novel Die kremetartekspedisie , published in 1981, into English under the title The expedition to the baobab tree . The book was also translated into German. Stockenström appeared as an actress in television series such as Die besoeker . Since 1993 she has been living in Cape Town again. In 2003 her husband died.

Stockenström's “literary voice” is described as “satirical, stubborn and compassionate”. Her originality and her unconventional use of the language were praised.

Awards

  • 1977: Hertzogprys for poetry for Van vergetelheid en van glans
  • 1977: CNA Literary Award for Monster Verses
  • 1988: Prezzo Grinzane Cavour for Spedizione al Baobab
  • 1991: Hertzogprys for drama for Abjater wat so lay
  • 1991: Hofmeyrprys for Abjater what was like that
  • 2008: SALA Literary Life Time Award

Works

poetry

  • 1970: Vir the bysiende readers. Reijger, Cape Town.
  • 1973: Spieël van water. Human & Rousseau, Cape Town.
  • 1976: Van vergetelheid en van glans. Human & Rousseau, Cape Town.
  • 1984: Monster Verses. Human & Rousseau, Cape Town.
  • 1988: The heengaanrefrein. Human & Rousseau, Cape Town.
  • 1994: Aan die Kaap geskryf. Human & Rousseau, Cape Town.
  • 1999: Spesmase. Human & Rousseau, Cape Town.
  • 2007: The Stomme Aarde: 'n Keur. Human & Rousseau, Cape Town.
  • 2007: The Wisdom of Water: A Selection. Translated by Johann de Lange, Human & Rousseau, Cape Town.
  • 1988/2011: Skoelapperheuwel, skoelappervrou. Omboni, New York, Pretoria.

prose

  • 1976: Uitdraai. Human & Rousseau, Cape Town.
  • 1979: Eers Linkie dan Johanna. Human & Rousseau, Cape Town.
  • 1981: The kremetartekspedisie. Human & Rousseau, Cape Town.
    • 1983: The Expedition to the Baobab Tree. Translated by JM Coetzee, Human & Rousseau, Cape Town.
    • 1987: Because the seventh sense is sleep. Ark, Zurich.
    • 1988: Because the seventh sense is sleep. People and the world, Berlin.
  • 1987: Kaapse rekwisiete. Human & Rousseau, Cape Town.
  • 1991: Abjater was like that. Human & Rousseau, Cape Town.

drama

  • 1971: Dawid die dik dom kat: 'n kindertoneelstuk. DALRO, Johannesburg.
  • 1971: Trippens se patatta. DALRO, Johannesburg.
  • 1978: Laaste middagmaal. Taurus, Johannesburg.

Filmography

  • 1972: Vlug van die Seemeeu
  • 1977: Die besoeker / The Guest: An episode in the Life of Eugène Marais
  • 1990: The Fourth Reich
  • 1992: The Storie van Klara Viljee
  • 1993: Friends
  • 1993: Djadje - Last Night I Fell Off a Horse
  • 2002: Promised Land: Mart

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c portrait at poetryinternationalweb.net (English), accessed on December 18, 2015
  2. ↑ a b c portrait at sahistory.org.za (English), accessed on December 18, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Stockenström, Wilma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stockenström, Wilhelmina Johanna (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African writer, translator and actress
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Napier