J.F.W. Grosskopf - Revision history

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	===Prose works adapted for stage and radio===		===Prose works adapted for stage and radio===
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		+	''[[Ou Leeumelker]]'' (2024)

	== Awards, etc ==		== Awards, etc ==

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 Born Johannes Friedrich Wilhelm Grosskopf in Bloemfontein on 25 November 1885, as a member of a German missonary familywhere he matriculated at [[Grey College]] in 1900.
-Started his tertiary education in 1902 at the [[Victoria-College]] in Stellenbosch, completing a BA in Modern Languages  and an MA in 1906. His interest in drama arose from his study of German literature as part of his course, as well as a study he undertook of the English companies that toured Europe since the 1600. After teaching for one year at the Diocesan-College in Rondebosch, he obtained a Queen Victoria bursary to read Literature, Law and Economics at universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and obtained a Dr. jur. Degree at the University of Leiden.
+Started his tertiary education in 1902 at the [[Stellenbosch University|Victoria-College]] in Stellenbosch, completing a BA in Modern Languages  and an MA in 1906. His interest in drama arose from his study of German literature as part of his course, as well as a study he undertook of the English companies that toured Europe since the 1600. After teaching for one year at the Diocesan-College in Rondebosch, he obtained a Queen Victoria bursary to read Literature, Law and Economics at universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and obtained a Dr. jur. Degree at the University of Leiden.
 While in Vienna (during 1909 and 1910) is interest in drama was further stimulated by his exposure to performances at the Keiserliche Burghteater in Vienna and classes on drama offered by professor Alexander von Wellen Weil, who discussed the works of Henrik Ibsen as performance pieces, rather than as literary texts.

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 On his release (with a fine) he became a journalist for the [[Afrikaans]] newspaper ''[[Ons Vaderland]]'' in Pretoria (and a correspondent for ''[[Die Burger]]'') and in 1917 editor of ''[[Die Volksblad]]'' in Bloemfontein. In these years he also wrote book reviews and articles for ''[[Die Huisgenoot]]'', ''[[Die Volksblad]]'' and ''[[Die Volkstem]]''.
-In 1920 he was appointed Professor of Political Studies at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], a period when he a member of the influential [[Unie-debatsvereniging]] (a debating society, that also put on plays, some of which he directed). In 1935 he became Head of Economics in the Department of Agriculture. He contiued writing plays and occasional short stories, inter alia publishiung the collection of short stories called ''[[Ou Leeumelker en ander vertellings]]'' ("Old lion milker and other tales") in 1938)
+In 1920 he was appointed Professor of Political Studies at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], a period when he a member of the influential [[Unie-debatsvereniging]] (a debating society, that also put on plays, some of which he directed). In 1935 he became Head of Economics in the Department of Agriculture. He contiued writing plays and occasional short stories, inter alia publishiung the collection of short stories called ''Ou Leeumelker en ander vertellings'' ("Old lion milker and other tales") in 1938)
 In 1916 he married Franki Neethling of Pretoria, but she passed away during the great flu epidemic of 1918. In 1925 he met and married '''[[Cornelia Johanna Wagner]]''', an actress who was a member of the cast of Grosskopf's production of [[D.F. Malherbe]]'s play ''[[Koringboere]]''.

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-''[[Drie Eenbedrywe]]'' ("three one-act plays"; 1926)
+''[[Drie Een-bedrywe vir een Aand]]'' ("three one-act plays for one evening "; 1926)
 ''[[Die Klipdolk en ander kort-spele]]'' ("The stone dagger and other short plays"; 1941)

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−	~~''[[Ou Leeumelker en ander vertellings]]'' ("Old lion milker and other tales", short stories; 1938)~~

	''[[Die Klipdolk en ander kort-spele]]'' ("The stone dagger and other short plays"; 1941)		''[[Die Klipdolk en ander kort-spele]]'' ("The stone dagger and other short plays"; 1941)

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	''[[Mara]]'', also known as ''[[Oorlog is Oorlog]]'' (1927) - a one-act play.		''[[Mara]]'', also known as ''[[Oorlog is Oorlog]]'' (1927) - a one-act play.
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−	~~''[[Ou Leeumelker]] en ander vertellings'' (1938)~~

	''[[Die Klipdolk]]''.		''[[Die Klipdolk]]''.

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 ''[[Drie Eenbedrywe]]'' ("three one-act plays"; 1926)
-''[[Ou Leeumelker en ander vertellings]]'' ("Old lion milker and other tales", 1938)
+''[[Ou Leeumelker en ander vertellings]]'' ("Old lion milker and other tales", short stories; 1938)
 ''[[Die Klipdolk en ander kort-spele]]'' ("The stone dagger and other short plays"; 1941)

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	https://www.litnet.co.za/jfw-grosskopf-18851945/

	https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.F.W._Grosskopf		https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.F.W._Grosskopf