Abel Coetzee
Abel Coetzee (1906-1975) was an academic, critic, author and poet.
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Biography
He became a professor in Afrikaans language and culture at the University of the Witwatersrand.
For many years he was the editor of the Tydskrif vir Letterkunde.
Contributions to South African theatre, film, media and performance
Theatre and drama
Besides reviews of published plays, he also compiled the collection
Radio
He wrote a number of radio pieces, including Uit my kontrei (broadcast 11 October 1956), Vol Korwe (28 January 1957) and Die Rooi Angelier (21 April 1959). He also contributed talks to a number of radio programmes, among them Woeling en Wording (1961), So Langs die Pad (1962) and Die Ossewa. A selection of these talks were published by the SABC in the collection Daar Kom die Wa (1966).
