Antjie Krog - Revision history

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Her contribution to South African theatre

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Awards

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Awards

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Sources

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Biography

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Her contribution to South African theatre

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Her contribution to South African theatre

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−	(1952-) Poet, journalist, playwright, performer and academic.	+	[[Antjie Krog]] (1952-). Poet, journalist, playwright, performer and academic.

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 == Her contribution to South African theatre ==
-While lecturing at a segregated teacher's training college for black South Africans, she led creative workshops and contributed to performances by her students at various events.
+While lecturing at a segregated teacher's training college for black South Africans, she led creative workshops and contributed to the workshopped texts and performances by her students at various events.
 Her first and only formal drama text was ''[[Waarom is dié wat voor toi-toi altyd so vet?]]''  ("Why are those who [[toyi-toyi]] in the lead always so fat?"),  a piece created at the behest of actress [[Tess van Staden]]. It was first performed at [[Aardklop festival|Aardklop]] in 1999, directed by marthinus Basson, with  was considered a powerful contribution to South Africa's ongoing political debate about reconciliation.
 As translator she was not only responsible for the [[Afrikaans]] version of [[Nelson Mandela]]'s ''Long Walk to Freedom'',
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 : [[Athol Fugard]]'s ''[[The Captain's Tiger]]'' as ''[[Die kaptein se tier]]''. First performed during the [[Suidoosterfees]] in the  [[Fugard Theatre]].
 == Awards ==

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 == Awards ==
-By 2003 she had received 4 honorary doctorates, and 14 literary and journalism awards, including the prestigious [[Hertzogprys]] (Hertzog  Prize, 1990); the Foreign Correspondent Award (1996) and the Pringle Award (1996) and the Alan Paton Award (1996).
+She has received numerous honorary doctorates and literary and journalism awards over the years, including the prestigious [[Hertzogprys]] (Hertzog  Prize, 1990); the Foreign Correspondent Award (1996) and the Pringle Award (1996) and the Alan Paton Award (1996), the Proteaprys vir poësie (Protea Prize for Poetry, 2007),   [[ATKV]]-Prestigetoekenning (ATKV Prestige Award, 2009).
 == Sources ==

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 By 2003 she had received 4 honorary doctorates, and 14 literary and journalism awards, including the prestigious [[Hertzogprys]] (Hertzog  Prize, 1990); the Foreign Correspondent Award (1996) and the Pringle Award (1996) and the Alan Paton Award (1996).
+Proteaprys vir poësie (2007),   [[ATKV]]-Prestigetoekenning (2009),
 == Sources ==

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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antjie_Krog
-Biography of Antjie Krog in [[LitNet]][http://www.litnet.co.za/Article/antjie-krog-1952]
+Biography of Antjie Krog in the [[ATKV]]-Skrywersalbum in [[LitNet]][http://www.litnet.co.za/Article/antjie-krog-1952]
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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 She later became the editor of the independent [[Afrikaans]] journal ''[[Die Suid-Afrikaan]]''. On the strength of her work there, she was invited to join the South African Broadcasting Corporation ([[SABC]]). For two years, reporting as Antjie Samuel, she contributed to the radio programme AM Live with items on South Africa's [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission]] (TRC). Based on this experience she wrote what is possibly her best known book,  ''[[Country of My Skull]]'', which chronicled the TRC and was later staged and filmed.
-In 2004 she joined the Arts faculty of the University of the Western Cape as extraordinary Professor of Literature and Philosophy.
+In 2004 she joined the Arts faculty of the [[University of the Western Cape]] as extraordinary Professor of Literature and Philosophy.
 Briefly married to pianist Albie van Schalkwyk,  she married architect John Samuel in 1976 and the couple have four children: Andries, Susan, Philip, and Willem, as well as four grandchildren: Anouk, Antjie, Jana and Phillip.

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 but translated two plays, namely:
-: [[Tom Lanoye]]'s [[Dutch]]  play ''[[Mamma Medea]]'', under the same title, in 2001. First performed in 2002 at the [[Aardklop]] festival, directed by [[Marthinus Basson]] and published as ''Mamma Medea: na Apollonios van Rhodos en Euripides'' by Queillerie Publishers in 2002.
+: [[Tom Lanoye]]'s [[Dutch]]  play ''[[Mamma Medea]]'', under the same title, in 2001. First performed in 2002 at the [[Aardklop]] festival, directed by [[Marthinus Basson]] and published as ''Mamma Medea: na Apollonios van Rhodos en Euripides'' by [[Queillerie]] Publishers in 2002.
-: [[Athol Fugard]]'s ''[[The Captain's Tiger]]'' as ''[[Die kaptein se tier]]''. First performed during the [[Suidoosterfees]] in the  Fugard Theatre.
+: [[Athol Fugard]]'s ''[[The Captain's Tiger]]'' as ''[[Die kaptein se tier]]''. First performed during the [[Suidoosterfees]] in the  [[Fugard Theatre]].
 == Awards ==

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 In October/November 2006 she and the Belgian performance poet [[Tom Lanoye]] undertook a combined stage tour of  Flanders, the Netherlands and South Africa. It was a dynamic two-hander performance, focusing on language linkages, which received excellent reviews and was a  continuation of earlier instances of collaboration between the two artists.
-As translator she was not only responsible for the [[Afrikaans]] version of [[Nelson Mandela]]'s ''Long Walk to Freedom''  but translated [[Tom Lanoye]]'s [[Dutch]]  play ''[[Mamma Medea]]'' in 2001and .
+As translator she was not only responsible for the [[Afrikaans]] version of [[Nelson Mandela]]'s ''Long Walk to Freedom'',
 == Awards ==