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Etienne van Heerden

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Etienne van Heerden

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1954-12-03 （Karoo, South Africa）
Nationality
South Africa
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Residence History
Karoo → Cape Town → Northern Natal → Stellenbosch

Career

Occupations
author, poet, short story writer, university professor, attorney, advertising executive
Active Years
1978-2024
Affiliations
University of Cape Town, University of Zululand, University of Leiden, University of Antwerp

Education

University of Zululand
Literature
Degree: PhD
Country: South Africa
Study on engagement and postmodernism
Peninsula Technikon
Legal Practice
Country: South Africa
Lectured Legal Practice

Awards

Hertzog Prize
1989
Work: Toorberg
Category: 散文
Organization: South African Academy for Science and Arts
Result: 受賞
WA Hofmeyr Award
1989
Work: Toorberg
Organization: Via Afrika Awards
Result: 受賞
ATKV Prize
1989
Work: Toorberg
Organization: ATKV
Result: 受賞
CNA Literary Award
1989
Work: Toorberg
Organization: CNA
Result: 受賞
M-Net Literary Award
2001
Work: Die Swye van Mario Salviati
Category: アフリカーンス語部門
Organization: M-Net
Result: 受賞
M-Net Literary Award
2009
Work: 30 Nagte in Amsterdam
Category: アフリカーンス語部門
Organization: M-Net
Result: 受賞
WA Hofmeyr Award
2009
Work: 30 Nagte in Amsterdam
Organization: Via Afrika Awards
Result: 受賞
UJ Prize
2009
Work: 30 Nagte in Amsterdam
Result: 受賞
Hertzog Prize
2010
Work: 30 Nagte in Amsterdam
Category: 散文
Organization: South African Academy for Science and Arts
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Toorberg (Ancestral Voices)

1986 novel

A novel set in post-apartheid South Africa

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The Long Silence of Mario Salviati

2000 novel

30 Nights in Amsterdam

2008 novel

Bibliography

  • Matoli (1978)
  • Obiter Dictum (1983)
  • My Kubaan (1983)
  • Om te AWOL (1984)
  • Toorberg (Ancestral Voices) (1986)
  • Die Laaste Kreef (1987)
  • Liegfabriek (1988)
  • Casspirs and Camparis (1991)
  • Leap Year (1993)
  • Kikuyu (1996)
  • Lied van die Boeings (1998)
  • The Long Silence of Mario Salviati (2000)
  • In Love's Place (2005)
  • Asbesmiddag (2007)
  • 30 Nights in Amsterdam (2008)
  • Klimtol (2013)
  • Die Wêreld van Charlie Oeng (2017)
  • A Library to Flee (2019)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
postmodernismAfrikaans literature
Recurring Motifs
Karoo landscapepost-apartheid psyche

Health

  • Congenital blindness in right eye
    出生時から
    Exempted from combat duty, served as dog handler

Legacy

Member of a generation of Afrikaans writers who opened the Afrikaner psyche to change. Professor at University of Cape Town mentoring young authors

Trivia

  • Born blind in the right eye, exempting him from combat duty
  • Mother was an English-speaking maths teacher, father an Afrikaans-speaking merino stud breeder
  • Secretly met banned ANC members at Victoria Falls Writers’ Conference in 1980s
  • Honorary Fellow in Writing at University of Iowa's International Writing Program