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 [[Abel Coetzee]] (1906-1975) was an academic, critic, author and poet.
-Also referred to as [[Dr.A.J.Coetzee]] in some publications.
+Also referred to as [[Dr A.J.Coetzee]] in some publications.
 ==Biography==

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	[[Abel Coetzee]] (1906-1975) was an academic, critic, author and poet.		[[Abel Coetzee]] (1906-1975) was an academic, critic, author and poet.
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		+	Also referred to as [[Dr.A.J.Coetzee]] in some publications.

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 ==Biography==
-Born Abel Jacobus Coetzee on 27 Mei 1906 on the farm Grootfontein near Lichtenburg, and after an itinerant youth, he completed his matriculation at the Heidelberg Volkskool. In 1924-5 he qualified as a teacher at the Heidelberg Educational College, then completed a B.A. degree at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] (1927), followed by a B.A. Honours (1929), an M.A. (1930) and a doctorate in 1936.  This was followed by a second doctorate from the  University of Nijmegen.
+Born [[Abel Jacobus Coetzee]] on 27 Mei 1906 on the farm Grootfontein near Lichtenburg, and after an itinerant youth, he completed his matriculation at the Heidelberg Volkskool. In 1924-5 he qualified as a teacher at the Heidelberg Educational College, then completed a B.A. degree at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] (1927), followed by a B.A. Honours (1929), an M.A. (1930) and a doctorate in 1936.  This was followed by a second doctorate from the  University of Nijmegen.
 In the middle of 1928 he was appointed in the [[Afrikaans]] department, initially as a temporary junior lecturer, began work as a lecturer and from 1930 onwards as a permanent member of staff.

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	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).		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).
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-Besides reviews of published plays, he also compiled and edited the collection of one-act plays called ''[[Rooibruin Blare en Ander Eenakters]]'' (1968)
+Besides reviews of published plays, he also compiled and edited the collection of one-act plays called ''[[Rooibruin Blare en Ander Eenakters]]'' (1968).
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 In the middle of 1928 he was appointed in the [[Afrikaans]] department, initially as a temporary junior lecturer, began work as a lecturer and from 1930 onwards as a permanent member of staff.
-After his return from the Netherlands he was appointed the director of the Buro vir Taal- en Volkskundige Navorsing at the University of the Witwatersrand and in 1947 he became the first incumbent of the newly created R.K. Fraay chair in Afrikaanse Taal- en Volkskunde, a post he held till his retirement in 1966.
+After his return from the Netherlands he was appointed the director of the Buro vir Taal- en Volkskundige Navorsing ("Bureau for language and folklore research") at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] and in 1947 he became the first incumbent of the newly created R.K. Fraay chair in Afrikaanse Taal- en Volkskunde, (language and folklore) a post he held till his retirement in 1966.
 He was for many years chief editor of the ''[[Tydskrif vir Letterkunde]]''.