Bartho Smit - Revision history

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 [[Erika Terblanche]]. 2018. "Bartho Smit (1924–1987)" [[ATKV|LitNet-Skrywersalbum]][https://www.litnet.co.za/bartho-smit-1924-1987/]
-[[Percy Tucker]]. 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: [[Witwatersrand University Press]].
+[[Percy Tucker]]. 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: [[Witwatersrand University Press]][https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/876304].
 ''[[SATJ]]'' Sept. 1987

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 [[The Star]], 16 November 1968.
-[[Chris Barnard]]. 1984. ''Bartho''. Johannesburg: Perskor.
+[[Chris Barnard]]. 1984. ''Bartho''. Johannesburg: [[Perskor]].
 [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] and [[Ian Steadman]]. 1984. ''South African Theatre. Four Plays and an Introduction''. Pretoria: [[HAUM]] Educational Publishers
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 [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] and [[Marisa Keuris]]. 2023. '''n Huldiging: Bartho Smit. Koorddanser tussen triomf en tragedie''. Pretoria [[Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]]
-[[John Christoffel Kannemeyer|J.C. Kannemeyer]] 1978. ''Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur'' I. Pretoria: Academica. (Second edition, 1984[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk01_01/kann003gesk01_01_0012.php].
+[[John Christoffel Kannemeyer|J.C. Kannemeyer]] 1978. ''Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur'' I. Pretoria: [[Academica]]. (Second edition, 1984[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk01_01/kann003gesk01_01_0012.php].
-[[J.C. Kannemeyer]]. 1984. ‘’Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur’’2[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk02_01/colofon.php].
+[[J.C. Kannemeyer]]. 1984. ''Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur''2[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk02_01/colofon.php].
-[[Charles Malan]]. 1984. ''Sestigers in Woord en Beeld: Bartho Smit''. Johannesburg: Perskor.
+[[Charles Malan]]. 1984. ''Sestigers in Woord en Beeld: Bartho Smit''. Johannesburg: [[Perskor]].
 [[Charles Malan]]. 1984. ''Spel en Spieël. Besprekings van die modern Afrikaanse drama en teater''.   Johannesburg: [[Perskor]].

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 [[Charles Malan]]. 1984. ''Spel en Spieël. Besprekings van die modern Afrikaanse drama en teater''.   Johannesburg: [[Perskor]].
-[[A.J. Opperman]]. 2024. "Bartho Smit: Slagoffer van sy eie waagmoed", ''[[Media 24]]'', 31 December, 2024[https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/kunste/teater-en-dans/bartho-smit-slagoffer-van-sy-eie-waagmoed-20241227]
+[[A.J. Opperman]]. 2024. "Bartho Smit: Slagoffer van sy eie waagmoed", ''[[Netwerk 24]]'', 31 December, 2024[https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/kunste/teater-en-dans/bartho-smit-slagoffer-van-sy-eie-waagmoed-20241227]
 [[Erika Terblanche]]. 2018. "Bartho Smit (1924–1987)" [[ATKV|LitNet-Skrywersalbum]][https://www.litnet.co.za/bartho-smit-1924-1987/]
-[[Percy Tucker]]. 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press.
+[[Percy Tucker]]. 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: [[Witwatersrand University Press]].
 ''[[SATJ]]'' Sept. 1987

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 [[Charles Malan]]. 1984. ''Sestigers in Woord en Beeld: Bartho Smit''. Johannesburg: Perskor.
-[[Charles Malan]]. 1984. ''Spel en Spieël. Besprekings van die modern Afrikaanse drama en teater''.   Johannesburg: Perskor.
+[[Charles Malan]]. 1984. ''Spel en Spieël. Besprekings van die modern Afrikaanse drama en teater''.   Johannesburg: [[Perskor]].
 [[Erika Terblanche]]. 2018. "Bartho Smit (1924–1987)" [[ATKV|LitNet-Skrywersalbum]][https://www.litnet.co.za/bartho-smit-1924-1987/]

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	1979: [[Perskor Prys vir Letterkunde]] ("Perskor Prize for Literature") for his play ''[[Die Keiser]]''.		1979: [[Perskor Prys vir Letterkunde]] ("Perskor Prize for Literature") for his play ''[[Die Keiser]]''.
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		+	1985: [[Hertzog Prize]] for Translated Work

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-At the same time he was a superb translator, and his translations of a wide range of European writers, brought him many awards, including the [[Hertzog Prize]].
+At the same time he was a superb translator of a wide range of European writers, an activity that brought him many awards, including the [[Hertzog Prize]].
 His [[Afrikaans]] translations include:

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 Always a political maverick, he - like his contemporary [[Athol Fugard]] - soon moved on to highly charged and serious political work, perhaps making him the most banned playwright in South African history, with virtually all his plays running into trouble with the authorities (see entries on the individual plays).
 '''''THE PLAYS'''''
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 Other plays directed by Smit over the years include ''[[Sagmoedige Neelsie]]'' (1973).
-===As publisher and mentor===
+===As publisher, theorist and mentor===
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	Always a political maverick, he - like his contemporary [[Athol Fugard]] - soon moved on to highly charged and serious political work, perhaps making him the most banned playwright in South African history, with virtually all his plays running into trouble with the authorities (see entries on the individual plays).		Always a political maverick, he - like his contemporary [[Athol Fugard]] - soon moved on to highly charged and serious political work, perhaps making him the most banned playwright in South African history, with virtually all his plays running into trouble with the authorities (see entries on the individual plays).

−	He influenced and acted as mentor for a ~~number~~ of his contemporaries and after his early death his spirit ~~has lived~~ on in a new generation of [[Afrikaans]] writers that came to the fore in the 1980s, ~~e.g.~~ [[Reza de Wet]], [[Deon Opperman]] and [[Charles Fourie]].	+	===As a theorist and mentor===
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		+	Smit, as a publisher was a natural mentor to writers and with his interest in philosophy, naturally drawn to the link between theory and practice of the theatre. A number of his articles in this regard were published in the collection ''[[Losgoed]]'' (1974).
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		+	In various ways Bartho Smit thus influenced and acted as mentor for a range of his contemporaries, and after his early death , his spirit would live on in the the work of a dynamic new generation of [[Afrikaans]] writers that came to the fore in the 1980s, among them [[Reza de Wet]], [[Deon Opperman]] and [[Charles Fourie]].
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 == Biography ==
-Born Bartholomeus ("Bartho") Jacobus Smit in Klerkskraal on 15 July 1924, he matriculated in Standerton and then completed a bachelor's degree at the [[University of Pretoria]] in 1949, followed by  a Master of Arts degree in 1951.
+Born [[Bartholomeus Jacobus Smit]] in Klerkskraal on 15 July 1924, he matriculated in Standerton and then completed a bachelor's degree at the [[University of Pretoria]] in 1949, followed by  a Master of Arts degree in 1951.
 He met the actress [[Kita Redelinghuys]] while a student and they married in 1949. The two of them to toured Paris, Munich and London between 1952 and 1957, where  he immersed himself in drama and philosophy. While in Europe they also met and became close friends with South African author [[Jan Rabie]] and others.

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