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Michiel Heyns

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Michiel Heyns

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1943-12-02 （Stellenbosch）
Nationality
South Africa
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Residence History
Thaba 'Nchu, Kimberley, Grahamstown, Stellenbosch

Career

Occupations
Author, Translator, Academic
Active Years
1983-2024
Affiliations
University of Stellenbosch

Education

University of Stellenbosch
English
Country: South Africa
Studied and later professor 1983-2003
Cambridge University
Country: United Kingdom
Studied

Awards

Thomas Pringle Award
2006
Work: Reviews in 2006
Result: winner
Sol Plaatje Prize for Translation
2007
Work: Agaat
Result: winner
South African Translators' Institute Prize
2008
Work: Agaat
Organization: South African Translators' Institute
Result: winner
Herman Charles Bosman Award
2009
Work: Bodies Politic
Result: winner
Thomas Pringle Award
2010
Work: Reviews in 2010
Result: winner
Herman Charles Bosman Award
2012
Work: Lost Ground
Result: winner
The Sunday Times Fiction Prize
2012
Work: Lost Ground
Result: winner
Prix de l'Union Interalliee
2013
Work: French Translation of The Typewriter's Tale
Result: winner
Herman Charles Bosman Award
2015
Work: A Sportful Malice
Result: winner
SALA Prize
2019
Work: Red Dog
Category: Literary Translation
Result: winner
Sol Plaatje Prize for Translation
2020
Work: The Shallows
Result: winner
University of Johannesburg Prize
2021
Work: Red Dog
Category: Literary Translation
Organization: University of Johannesburg
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Typewriter's Tale

2005 Novel
Translations
  • French (2013, Prix de l'Union Interalliee)

Lost Ground

2011 Novel

Bodies Politic

2008 Novel

Bibliography

  • The Children’s Day (2002)
  • The Reluctant Passenger (2003)
  • The Typewriter's Tale (2005)
  • Bodies Politic (2008)
  • Lost Ground (2011)
  • Invisible Furies (2012)
  • A Sportful Malice (2014)
  • I am Pandarus (2017)
  • A Poor Season for Whales (2020)

Translations by Author

  • Agaat (Marlene van Niekerk, 2006)
  • Memorandum: A Story with pictures (Marlene van Niekerk, 2006)
  • Equatoria (Tom Dreyer, 2008)
  • 30 Nights in Amsterdam (Etienne van Heerden, 2011)
  • Bundu (Chris Barnard, 2011)
  • Wolf, Wolf (Eben Venter, 2013)
  • It Might Get Loud (Ingrid Winterbach, 2015)
  • The Shallows (Ingrid Winterbach, 2017)
  • The Troubled Times of Magrieta Prinsloo (Ingrid Winterbach, 2019)
  • Cul-de-Sac (Elsa Joubert, 2019)
  • Red Dog (Willem Anker, 2019)

Translations of Works

  • French Translation of The Typewriter's Tale (2013)

Legacy

South African author, translator, and academic known for numerous awards in reviews, translations, and novels.