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| The website, Stellenbosch Writers, was launched in May 2000 and the book Stellenbosch Writers was published in 2005. After nearly 33 years living in 'Stellenbosch's most beautiful house', we moved to Somerset West. Red carpet show 3 December 2013 A special edition of Zettelwitz commemorates 50 years of De Hoge Hoek in 2012 | New authors Special Birthdays Artist's portraits of famous Stellenbosch Authors Author's dogs and cats Akademie.co.za Stellenbosch Woordfees 6-15 March 2020 |
Gerrit Kruger was awarded the NP van Wyk Louw Gold Medal for 2023 |
Dan Sleigh received the following awards in 2017: The W.A. Hofmeyr prize 2017 and the ATKW Award 2017 for 1795, A Life Achievement Award (NP van Wyk Louw award) by the FAK and a Life Achievement Award by the SA Military History Society, 2017. SA Literary Award 2018 Photo by Naomi Bruwer | Harald Pasch, distinguished professor and holder of the SASOL Research Chair in Analytical Polymer Science at Stellenbosch University (SU), was awarded the 2017 Gold Medal of the South African Chemical Institute (SACI). |
Breyten Breytenbach is the 2017 Laureate of the Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award |
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New authors and updates: Dan Sleigh Renata Coetzee, 31 Januarie 1930 - 27 Junie 2018 Very sorry to hear Jaco Botha died in 2016. Johan Krige Gerhard Kirsten was actually the sports editor of Die Burger. He was also fluent in Spanish and had a good command of Russian. (Thank you, Harry Hill) Johannes Jordaan Anine sent me a photo of her grandfather: Hans Trümpelmann, 1903-1982 Rothmann, Anna W - at last I found her portrait (by Pieter Hugo Naudé) Daniël Louw Harald Pasch At last I found an excellent photo of Anthonie van Laar Ulrich Gerryts. Karl Schmidt, who had collaborated on Ulrich's collection of children's verses, sent me more information and a photo. Dan Sleigh and his daughter Jean sent me an update. Nico Blanckenberg Page enlarged with information by Ted Kroog. Christopher Heywood sent me a photo and update. Meiring Naudé, 1905 - 1985, updated with book list I am always grateful for more information on authors, especially those who are marked (*) in the author's list. | Special Birthdays 2018: 1.1.: A. C. Cilliers, 1898 - 1980 |
Johan Cilliers, Grace upon Grace: Reflections on the Meaning of Life, African Sun Media, 2020
Hermann Giliomee, Maverick Africans - the Shaping of the Afrikaners, 2020
I am willing to add new books here, but rely on the Stellenbosch Authors for their information.
| This website presents close to 600 authors of books. It is my service to the community and was created to present Stellenbosch authors of books, thereby giving an idea what is going on in this lovely university town in the middle of South Africa's winelands. It was also my tool to find the information for the book, which was published in March 2005. Only 300 copies were printed. Get hold of the book, Stellenbosch Writers, as long as it is available! Introduction Acknowledgements | Congratulations on the book. It is an excellent job. To paraphrase an old Afrikaans poem , who could ever think that Stellenbosch has so many writers. You have performed a great service! |
We are still adding new authors
| New author's pages are not gratis anymore, but updates are free. My fees 353 author's pages were published in the book, Stellenbosch Writers. An example Join the list here or just contact us. |
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Landmark House | A special edition of Zettelwitz commemorates 50 years of De Hoge Hoek in 2012 Practise your languages with Zettelwitz New e-Books: Zauberer Zettelwitz vom Tafelberg Table Mountain Wizard e-book Die Towenaar vanTafelberg E-Boek Softcover bilingual editions: Zauberer Zettelwitz - Table Mountain Wizard (German - English) Die Towenaar van Tafelberg - Table Mountain Wizard (Afrikaans - English). by Rosemarie Breuer See all screenshots of the special edition. | Contact us : |
| Quotes of the day: Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars, etc., and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish, and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons. The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. Great spirits have always been violently oppressed by mediocre minds. Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so. Schöne Tage - nicht weinen, dass sie vergangen, sondern lächeln, dass sie gewesen. Wer im Gedächtnis seiner Lieben lebt, der ist nicht tot, der ist nur fern; tot ist nur, wer vergessen wird.
Was ist ein Einbruch in eine Bank gegen die Gründung einer Bank? There is no doubt that I have lots of words inside me; but at moments, like rush-hour traffic at the mouth of a tunnel, they jam. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. I have difficulty with the notion that art must be challenging. Beauty is the promise of happiness. She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.
Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow. I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't. Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
Anything too stupid to be said is sung. Verba volant, scripta manent - spoken words fly away, written words remain. More quotes
| Links of the day: The glorious Namibian night sky Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Famous People Painting with links to Wikipedia Video of the day: Your daily dose of drama - marvellous! Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail? openlibrary.org
Why modern education fails Science, Reason and Critical Thinking
Arrest the former British prime minister, Tony Blair, for crimes against peace |