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KANNEMEYER, John Christoffel (31/3/1939-) Lecturer, critic and eminent literary historian. Born in Robertson, Western Cape, he studied Afrikaans-Dutch literature at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] between 1959 and 1964, obtaining a D.Litt. Taught at the Universities of Cape Town, Stellenbosch and Witwatersrand. He moves to the HSRC in 1987, staying there till 1992, after which he becomes a free-lance writer. Besides his comprehensive and authoritative ''Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur'' ("History of the Afrikaans Literature") Part 1 (1978) and part 2 (1983) - which includes sections on Afrikaans drama - he is noted for his exhaustive biographies of various authors. Notable for our purposes are those on the playwrights [[D.J. Opperman]], [[C.J. Langenhoven]], [[C. Louis Leipoldt]] and [[Uys Krige]]. In 1993 he also published a summarised English version of his history, entitled ''A History of the Afrikaans Literature''. [TH]

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−	'''See [[J.C. Kannemeyer]] (1939–2011)''' ~~Afrikaans lecturer, critic and eminent literary historian. Perhaps one of the most influential and certainly one of the most prolific biographers and historians of his generation.~~	+	'''See [[J.C. Kannemeyer]] (1939–2011)'''
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−	Born John Christoffel Kannemeyer on 31 March 1939 in Robertson, Western Cape, where he also grew up and attended school. studied Afrikaans-Dutch literature at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] between 1959 and 1964, obtaining a D.Litt.
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−	~~He was married 4 times, and had two sons, the artist Anton Kannemeyer and Mark Kannemeyer.~~
−	~~John Kannemeyer died in Stellenbosch on 25 December 2011.~~
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−	~~==Career==~~
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−	He became a lecturer in Afrikaans at the University of Cape Town as (1962) and later taught at the [[RAU]] (the Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit), Stellenbosch University and the University of the Witwatersrand (1982-1987). Then he joined [[CENSAL]] (the Centre for SA Literary Research) at the [[Human Sciences Research Council]] in 1987 as a senior researcher. In September 1992 he returned to Stellenbosch to become a free-lance and independent researcher and author. From 2004 till his death in 2011 he was an Extraordinary Professor of Afrikaans and Dutch at [[Stellenbosch University]].
−	Over the years he was a visiting lecturer and researcher at the universities of Nijmegen, Amsterdam and Leuven and a member of the Dutch Literary Society (Maatschappij der Nederlandse letterkunde). He was on the editorial team of the literary journal Standpunte from 1976 to 1983.
−	His many awards include the Recht Malan-prys (1979, 1996, 2000), the Helgaard Steyn-prys (2000), the Ou Mutual-prys vir nie-fiksie (1987), the [[Gustav Preller]]-prys (1988), the [[C. Louis Leipoldt]]-prys van die Maatschappij der Nederlandse letterkunde and the die N. P. van Wyk Louw-medalje (2003).
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−	~~==His writings on theatre==~~
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−	Besides his comprehensive and authoritative ''Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur'' ("History of the Afrikaans Literature") Part 1 (1978) and part 2 (1983) - which includes sections on Afrikaans drama - he is noted for his exhaustive biographies of various authors. Notable for our purposes are those on the playwrights [[D.J. Opperman]], [[C.J. Langenhoven]], [[C. Louis Leipoldt]] and [[Uys Krige]]. In 1993 he also published a summarised English version of his history, entitled ''A History of the Afrikaans Literature''. [TH]
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−	~~== Sources ==~~
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−	~~Wium van Zyl huldeblyk J.C. Kannemeyer Tydskrif vir Letterkunde 49 (1) • 2012 157~~
−	~~http://www.stellenboschwriters.com/kannemey.html~~
−	~~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christoffel_Kannemeyer~~
−	~~Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]~~

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-KANNEMEYER, John Christoffel (31/3/1939-2011) Lecturer, critic and eminent literary historian. Born in Robertson, Western Cape, he studied Afrikaans-Dutch literature at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] between 1959 and 1964, obtaining a D.Litt. Taught at the Universities of Cape Town, Stellenbosch and Witwatersrand. He moves to the HSRC in 1987, staying there till 1992, after which he becomes a free-lance writer. Besides his comprehensive and authoritative ''Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur'' ("History of the Afrikaans Literature") Part 1 (1978) and part 2 (1983) - which includes sections on Afrikaans drama -  he is noted for his exhaustive biographies of various authors. Notable for our purposes are those on the playwrights [[D.J. Opperman]], [[C.J. Langenhoven]], [[C. Louis Leipoldt]] and [[Uys Krige]]. In 1993 he also published a summarised English version of his history, entitled ''A History of the Afrikaans Literature''. [TH]
+'''See [[J.C. Kannemeyer]] (1939–2011)''' Afrikaans lecturer, critic and eminent literary historian. Perhaps one of the most influential and certainly one of the most prolific biographers and historians of his generation.
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−	KANNEMEYER, John Christoffel (31/3/1939-) Lecturer, critic and eminent literary historian. Born in Robertson, Western Cape, he studied Afrikaans-Dutch literature at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] between 1959 and 1964, obtaining a D.Litt. Taught at the Universities of Cape Town, Stellenbosch and Witwatersrand. He moves to the HSRC in 1987, staying there till 1992, after which he becomes a free-lance writer. Besides his comprehensive and authoritative ''Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur'' ("History of the Afrikaans Literature") Part 1 (1978) and part 2 (1983) - which includes sections on Afrikaans drama - he is noted for his exhaustive biographies of various authors. Notable for our purposes are those on the playwrights [[D.J. Opperman]], [[C.J. Langenhoven]], [[C. Louis Leipoldt]] and [[Uys Krige]]. In 1993 he also published a summarised English version of his history, entitled ''A History of the Afrikaans Literature''. [TH]	+	KANNEMEYER, John Christoffel (31/3/1939-2011) Lecturer, critic and eminent literary historian. Born in Robertson, Western Cape, he studied Afrikaans-Dutch literature at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] between 1959 and 1964, obtaining a D.Litt. Taught at the Universities of Cape Town, Stellenbosch and Witwatersrand. He moves to the HSRC in 1987, staying there till 1992, after which he becomes a free-lance writer. Besides his comprehensive and authoritative ''Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur'' ("History of the Afrikaans Literature") Part 1 (1978) and part 2 (1983) - which includes sections on Afrikaans drama - he is noted for his exhaustive biographies of various authors. Notable for our purposes are those on the playwrights [[D.J. Opperman]], [[C.J. Langenhoven]], [[C. Louis Leipoldt]] and [[Uys Krige]]. In 1993 he also published a summarised English version of his history, entitled ''A History of the Afrikaans Literature''. [TH]