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	[[Willem Adriaan de Klerk]] writing under the name [[W.A. de Klerk]] was a ell known Afrikaans dramatist and author of eclectic prose works under the nom de plume [[W.A. de Klerk]].		[[Willem Adriaan de Klerk]] writing under the name [[W.A. de Klerk]] was a ell known Afrikaans dramatist and author of eclectic prose works under the nom de plume [[W.A. de Klerk]].

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-[[Willem Adriaan de Klerk]] (1917-1996) (writing under the name [[W.A. de Klerk]] , and known referred to in publications as [[W.A. de Klerk]], and called simply [[Bill de Klerk]] by his friends). Well known dramatist and writer of eclectic prose works - producing adventure stories, novels, children’s books and political-philosophical works ons the Afrikaner (the best known of these being ''The Puritans in Africa: A Story of Afrikanerdom''- 1975). Born in the Paarl, Schooled at Grey College in Bloemfontein and at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], where he completed a BA (1937) and an LLB (1939) and he started out life with a short stint of 5 years as an advocate in the Cape, before he spent 3 years as a freelance writer and announcer for the [[SABC]] and for the  BBC in London. In the early fifties he settled on the farm “Saffier” (“Saphire”) near the Paarl and became a full-time writer-farmer. A much loved man, his farm Saffier became a rallying point for Cape writers and other Afrikaner intellectuals. As dramatist De Klerk picks up where [[J.F.W. Grosskopf]] left off with social realism, linking with Ibsen and O’Neill. While strong dramatic situations are depicted and he aims for powerful characterization (often focussed on the limitations of and challenges for man in society), the plays are at times spoiled by relatively heavy-handed and “stagey” dialogue and purple passages of  pseudo-philosophical moralizing. However he was perhaps the pre-eminent “serious” dramatic writer of his generation, his works forming the cornerstone of the [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]]) repertoire and the published plays became a core part of the mid-century dramatic canon in Afrikaans. For example, ''[[Nag het die Wind Gebring]]'' [Night brought the Wind] was originally directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] for [[Volksteater]], but then later used for the inaugural season of [[NTO]], while ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'', his most ambitious and profound – possibly best - play, was written as a commissioned work for the 1952 [[The Van Riebeeck Festival|Van Riebeeck Tricentenary]] festivities. The play tentatively sought to question some of the tenets underlying the segregationists ideas being propagated by the newly elected Nationalist Party. Produced by [[NTO]] , it won De Klerk the [[Hertzogprys|Hertzog Prize]] for drama (a contentious award because he shared it with [[Gerhard J. Beukes]]). It was also a standard prescribed work for schools and literary courses for almost four decades (1950s-1980s). His first play was ''[[Uit die goeie aarde]]'' (“From the good earth” - 1942), a play about student life, followed by a collection of three plays  (''[[Die Verterende Vuur]]'' [“The consuming fire”], ''[[Nag het die Wind Gebring]]'' [“Night brought the wind”] and ''[[Hellersee]]'' [which opened the [[Bloemfontein Civic Theatre]] in 1959], in ''Drie Dramas'', 1947). Then came: ''[[Vlamme oor La Roche]]'' (“Flames over La Roche” – 1951),  ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'' (lit. “The year of the fire ox”, 1952), ''[[Die Twisappel]]'' (The bone [lit. “apple”] of contention”, 1955), ''[[Hellersee]]'', ''[[Vermaak se kind]]'' (“Child of entertainment”, 1963), ''[[Wanneer see en branders dreun]]'' (“When sea and waves thunder”, 1963). After a long silence he published ''[[Die Markplein]]'' (“The marketplace”) in 1978, but by then his style of theatre had gone out of fashion and it was never seriously considered for performance. He also produced nine one-act plays, among which are some of his better work (e.g. ''[[Die Jammer Hart]]'' [“The sorrowing heart”] from ''Drie Vroue'' [“Three Women”, 1947]  and ''[[Waai, westewind]]'' [“Blow, west wind”, 1950]). He also wrote for radio. (De Beer, 1995; Kannemeyer, 1983)
+[[Willem Adriaan de Klerk]] writing under the name [[W.A. de Klerk]] was a ell known Afrikaans dramatist and author of eclectic prose works under the nom de plume [[W.A. de Klerk]].
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−	~~DE KLERK,~~ Willem ~~Abraham~~ (known ~~formally~~ as [[W.A. de Klerk]] ~~when spoken of as literary figure~~, or simply “[[Bill de Klerk]]~~” to~~ his friends). ~~(1917-1996)~~ Well known dramatist and writer of eclectic prose works - producing adventure stories, novels, children’s books and political-philosophical works ons the Afrikaner (the best known of these being ''The Puritans in Africa: A Story of Afrikanerdom''- 1975). Born in the Paarl, Schooled at Grey College in Bloemfontein and at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], where he completed a BA (1937) and an LLB (1939) and he started out life with a short stint of 5 years as an advocate in the Cape, before he spent 3 years as a freelance writer and announcer for the [[SABC]] and for the BBC in London. In the early fifties he settled on the farm “Saffier” (“Saphire”) near the Paarl and became a full-time writer-farmer. A much loved man, his farm Saffier became a rallying point for Cape writers and other Afrikaner intellectuals. As dramatist De Klerk picks up where [[J.F.W. Grosskopf]] left off with social realism, linking with Ibsen and O’Neill. While strong dramatic situations are depicted and he aims for powerful characterization (often focussed on the limitations of and challenges for man in society), the plays are at times spoiled by relatively heavy-handed and “stagey” dialogue and purple passages of pseudo-philosophical moralizing. However he was perhaps the pre-eminent “serious” dramatic writer of his generation, his works forming the cornerstone of the [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]]) repertoire and the published plays became a core part of the mid-century dramatic canon in Afrikaans. For example, ''[[Nag het die Wind Gebring]]'' [Night brought the Wind] was originally directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] for [[Volksteater]], but then later used for the inaugural season of [[NTO]], while ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'', his most ambitious and profound – possibly best - play, was written as a commissioned work for the 1952 [[The Van Riebeeck Festival\|Van Riebeeck Tricentenary]] festivities. The play tentatively sought to question some of the tenets underlying the segregationists ideas being propagated by the newly elected Nationalist Party. Produced by [[NTO]] , it won De Klerk the [[Hertzogprys\|Hertzog Prize]] for drama (a contentious award because he shared it with [[Gerhard J. Beukes]]). It was also a standard prescribed work for schools and literary courses for almost four decades (1950s-1980s). His first play was ''[[Uit die goeie aarde]]'' (“From the good earth” - 1942), a play about student life, followed by a collection of three plays (''[[Die Verterende Vuur]]'' [“The consuming fire”], ''[[Nag het die Wind Gebring]]'' [“Night brought the wind”] and ''[[Hellersee]]'' [which opened the [[Bloemfontein Civic Theatre]] in 1959], in ''Drie Dramas'', 1947). Then came: ''[[Vlamme oor La Roche]]'' (“Flames over La Roche” – 1951), ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'' (lit. “The year of the fire ox”, 1952), ''[[Die Twisappel]]'' (The bone [lit. “apple”] of contention”, 1955), ''[[Hellersee]]'', ''[[Vermaak se kind]]'' (“Child of entertainment”, 1963), ''[[Wanneer see en branders dreun]]'' (“When sea and waves thunder”, 1963). After a long silence he published ''[[Die Markplein]]'' (“The marketplace”) in 1978, but by then his style of theatre had gone out of fashion and it was never seriously considered for performance. He also produced nine one-act plays, among which are some of his better work (e.g. ''[[Die Jammer Hart]]'' [“The sorrowing heart”] from ''Drie Vroue'' [“Three Women”, 1947] and ''[[Waai, westewind]]'' [“Blow, west wind”, 1950]). He also wrote for radio. (De Beer, 1995; Kannemeyer, 1983)	+	[[Willem Adriaan de Klerk]] (1917-1996) (writing under the name [[W.A. de Klerk]] , and known referred to in publications as [[W.A. de Klerk]], and called simply [[Bill de Klerk]] by his friends). Well known dramatist and writer of eclectic prose works - producing adventure stories, novels, children’s books and political-philosophical works ons the Afrikaner (the best known of these being ''The Puritans in Africa: A Story of Afrikanerdom''- 1975). Born in the Paarl, Schooled at Grey College in Bloemfontein and at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], where he completed a BA (1937) and an LLB (1939) and he started out life with a short stint of 5 years as an advocate in the Cape, before he spent 3 years as a freelance writer and announcer for the [[SABC]] and for the BBC in London. In the early fifties he settled on the farm “Saffier” (“Saphire”) near the Paarl and became a full-time writer-farmer. A much loved man, his farm Saffier became a rallying point for Cape writers and other Afrikaner intellectuals. As dramatist De Klerk picks up where [[J.F.W. Grosskopf]] left off with social realism, linking with Ibsen and O’Neill. While strong dramatic situations are depicted and he aims for powerful characterization (often focussed on the limitations of and challenges for man in society), the plays are at times spoiled by relatively heavy-handed and “stagey” dialogue and purple passages of pseudo-philosophical moralizing. However he was perhaps the pre-eminent “serious” dramatic writer of his generation, his works forming the cornerstone of the [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]]) repertoire and the published plays became a core part of the mid-century dramatic canon in Afrikaans. For example, ''[[Nag het die Wind Gebring]]'' [Night brought the Wind] was originally directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] for [[Volksteater]], but then later used for the inaugural season of [[NTO]], while ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'', his most ambitious and profound – possibly best - play, was written as a commissioned work for the 1952 [[The Van Riebeeck Festival\|Van Riebeeck Tricentenary]] festivities. The play tentatively sought to question some of the tenets underlying the segregationists ideas being propagated by the newly elected Nationalist Party. Produced by [[NTO]] , it won De Klerk the [[Hertzogprys\|Hertzog Prize]] for drama (a contentious award because he shared it with [[Gerhard J. Beukes]]). It was also a standard prescribed work for schools and literary courses for almost four decades (1950s-1980s). His first play was ''[[Uit die goeie aarde]]'' (“From the good earth” - 1942), a play about student life, followed by a collection of three plays (''[[Die Verterende Vuur]]'' [“The consuming fire”], ''[[Nag het die Wind Gebring]]'' [“Night brought the wind”] and ''[[Hellersee]]'' [which opened the [[Bloemfontein Civic Theatre]] in 1959], in ''Drie Dramas'', 1947). Then came: ''[[Vlamme oor La Roche]]'' (“Flames over La Roche” – 1951), ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'' (lit. “The year of the fire ox”, 1952), ''[[Die Twisappel]]'' (The bone [lit. “apple”] of contention”, 1955), ''[[Hellersee]]'', ''[[Vermaak se kind]]'' (“Child of entertainment”, 1963), ''[[Wanneer see en branders dreun]]'' (“When sea and waves thunder”, 1963). After a long silence he published ''[[Die Markplein]]'' (“The marketplace”) in 1978, but by then his style of theatre had gone out of fashion and it was never seriously considered for performance. He also produced nine one-act plays, among which are some of his better work (e.g. ''[[Die Jammer Hart]]'' [“The sorrowing heart”] from ''Drie Vroue'' [“Three Women”, 1947] and ''[[Waai, westewind]]'' [“Blow, west wind”, 1950]). He also wrote for radio. (De Beer, 1995; Kannemeyer, 1983)

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−	DE KLERK, Willem Abraham (known formally as W.A. de Klerk when spoken of as literary figure, or simply ~~“Bill”~~ to his friends). (1917-1996) Well known dramatist and writer of eclectic prose works - producing adventure stories, novels, children’s books and political-philosophical works ons the Afrikaner (the best known of these being ''The Puritans in Africa: A Story of Afrikanerdom''- 1975). Born in the Paarl, Schooled at Grey College in Bloemfontein and at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], where he completed a BA (1937) and an LLB (1939) and he started out life with a short stint of 5 years as an advocate in the Cape, before he spent 3 years as a freelance writer and announcer for the [[SABC]] and for the BBC in London. In the early fifties he settled on the farm “Saffier” (“Saphire”) near the Paarl and became a full-time writer-farmer. A much loved man, his farm Saffier became a rallying point for Cape writers and other Afrikaner intellectuals. As dramatist De Klerk picks up where [[J.F.W. Grosskopf]] left off with social realism, linking with Ibsen and O’Neill. While strong dramatic situations are depicted and he aims for powerful characterization (often focussed on the limitations of and challenges for man in society), the plays are at times spoiled by relatively heavy-handed and “stagey” dialogue and purple passages of pseudo-philosophical moralizing. However he was perhaps the pre-eminent “serious” dramatic writer of his generation, his works forming the cornerstone of the [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]]) repertoire and the published plays became a core part of the mid-century dramatic canon in Afrikaans. For example, ''[[Nag het die Wind Gebring]]'' [Night brought the Wind] was originally directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] for [[Volksteater]], but then later used for the inaugural season of [[NTO]], while ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'', his most ambitious and profound – possibly best - play, was written as a commissioned work for the 1952 [[The Van Riebeeck Festival\|Van Riebeeck Tricentenary]] festivities. The play tentatively sought to question some of the tenets underlying the segregationists ideas being propagated by the newly elected Nationalist Party. Produced by [[NTO]] , it won De Klerk the [[Hertzogprys\|Hertzog Prize]] for drama (a contentious award because he shared it with [[Gerhard J. Beukes]]). It was also a standard prescribed work for schools and literary courses for almost four decades (1950s-1980s). His first play was ''[[Uit die goeie aarde]]'' (“From the good earth” - 1942), a play about student life, followed by a collection of three plays (''[[Die Verterende Vuur]]'' [“The consuming fire”], ''[[Nag het die Wind Gebring]]'' [“Night brought the wind”] and ''[[Hellersee]]'' [which opened the [[Bloemfontein Civic Theatre]] in 1959], in ''Drie Dramas'', 1947). Then came: ''[[Vlamme oor La Roche]]'' (“Flames over La Roche” – 1951), ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'' (lit. “The year of the fire ox”, 1952), ''[[Die Twisappel]]'' (The bone [lit. “apple”] of contention”, 1955), ''[[Hellersee]]'', ''[[Vermaak se kind]]'' (“Child of entertainment”, 1963), ''[[Wanneer see en branders dreun]]'' (“When sea and waves thunder”, 1963). After a long silence he published ''[[Die Markplein]]'' (“The marketplace”) in 1978, but by then his style of theatre had gone out of fashion and it was never seriously considered for performance. He also produced nine one-act plays, among which are some of his better work (e.g. ''[[Die Jammer Hart]]'' [“The sorrowing heart”] from ''Drie Vroue'' [“Three Women”, 1947] and ''[[Waai, westewind]]'' [“Blow, west wind”, 1950]). He also wrote for radio. (De Beer, 1995; Kannemeyer, 1983)	+	DE KLERK, Willem Abraham (known formally as [[W.A. de Klerk]] when spoken of as literary figure, or simply “[[Bill de Klerk]]” to his friends). (1917-1996) Well known dramatist and writer of eclectic prose works - producing adventure stories, novels, children’s books and political-philosophical works ons the Afrikaner (the best known of these being ''The Puritans in Africa: A Story of Afrikanerdom''- 1975). Born in the Paarl, Schooled at Grey College in Bloemfontein and at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], where he completed a BA (1937) and an LLB (1939) and he started out life with a short stint of 5 years as an advocate in the Cape, before he spent 3 years as a freelance writer and announcer for the [[SABC]] and for the BBC in London. In the early fifties he settled on the farm “Saffier” (“Saphire”) near the Paarl and became a full-time writer-farmer. A much loved man, his farm Saffier became a rallying point for Cape writers and other Afrikaner intellectuals. As dramatist De Klerk picks up where [[J.F.W. Grosskopf]] left off with social realism, linking with Ibsen and O’Neill. While strong dramatic situations are depicted and he aims for powerful characterization (often focussed on the limitations of and challenges for man in society), the plays are at times spoiled by relatively heavy-handed and “stagey” dialogue and purple passages of pseudo-philosophical moralizing. However he was perhaps the pre-eminent “serious” dramatic writer of his generation, his works forming the cornerstone of the [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]]) repertoire and the published plays became a core part of the mid-century dramatic canon in Afrikaans. For example, ''[[Nag het die Wind Gebring]]'' [Night brought the Wind] was originally directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] for [[Volksteater]], but then later used for the inaugural season of [[NTO]], while ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'', his most ambitious and profound – possibly best - play, was written as a commissioned work for the 1952 [[The Van Riebeeck Festival\|Van Riebeeck Tricentenary]] festivities. The play tentatively sought to question some of the tenets underlying the segregationists ideas being propagated by the newly elected Nationalist Party. Produced by [[NTO]] , it won De Klerk the [[Hertzogprys\|Hertzog Prize]] for drama (a contentious award because he shared it with [[Gerhard J. Beukes]]). It was also a standard prescribed work for schools and literary courses for almost four decades (1950s-1980s). His first play was ''[[Uit die goeie aarde]]'' (“From the good earth” - 1942), a play about student life, followed by a collection of three plays (''[[Die Verterende Vuur]]'' [“The consuming fire”], ''[[Nag het die Wind Gebring]]'' [“Night brought the wind”] and ''[[Hellersee]]'' [which opened the [[Bloemfontein Civic Theatre]] in 1959], in ''Drie Dramas'', 1947). Then came: ''[[Vlamme oor La Roche]]'' (“Flames over La Roche” – 1951), ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'' (lit. “The year of the fire ox”, 1952), ''[[Die Twisappel]]'' (The bone [lit. “apple”] of contention”, 1955), ''[[Hellersee]]'', ''[[Vermaak se kind]]'' (“Child of entertainment”, 1963), ''[[Wanneer see en branders dreun]]'' (“When sea and waves thunder”, 1963). After a long silence he published ''[[Die Markplein]]'' (“The marketplace”) in 1978, but by then his style of theatre had gone out of fashion and it was never seriously considered for performance. He also produced nine one-act plays, among which are some of his better work (e.g. ''[[Die Jammer Hart]]'' [“The sorrowing heart”] from ''Drie Vroue'' [“Three Women”, 1947] and ''[[Waai, westewind]]'' [“Blow, west wind”, 1950]). He also wrote for radio. (De Beer, 1995; Kannemeyer, 1983)

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−	DE KLERK, Willem Abraham (known formally as W.A. de Klerk when spoken of as literary figure, or simply “Bill” to his friends). (1917-1996) Well known dramatist and writer of eclectic prose works - producing adventure stories, novels, children’s books and political-philosophical works ons the Afrikaner (the best known of these being ''The Puritans in Africa: A Story of Afrikanerdom''- 1975). Born in the Paarl, Schooled at Grey College in Bloemfontein and at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], where he completed a BA (1937) and an LLB (1939) and he started out life with a short stint of 5 years as an advocate in the Cape, before he spent 3 years as a freelance writer and announcer for the [[SABC]] and for the BBC in London. In the early fifties he settled on the farm “Saffier” (“Saphire”) near the Paarl and became a full-time writer-farmer. A much loved man, his farm Saffier became a rallying point for Cape writers and other Afrikaner intellectuals. As dramatist De Klerk picks up where [[J.F.W. Grosskopf]] left off with social realism, linking with Ibsen and O’Neill. While strong dramatic situations are depicted and he aims for powerful characterization (often focussed on the limitations of and challenges for man in society), the plays are at times spoiled by relatively heavy-handed and “stagey” dialogue and purple passages of pseudo-philosophical moralizing. However he was perhaps the pre-eminent “serious” dramatic writer of his generation, his works forming the cornerstone of the [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]]) repertoire and the published plays became a core part of the mid-century dramatic canon in Afrikaans. For example, ''[[Nag het die Wind Gebring]]'' [Night brought the Wind] was originally directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] for [[Volksteater]], but then later used for the inaugural season of [[NTO]], while ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'', his most ambitious and profound – possibly best - play, was written as a commissioned work for the 1952 [[The Van Riebeeck Festival\|Van Riebeeck Tricentenary]] festivities. The play tentatively sought to question some of the tenets underlying the segregationists ideas being propagated by the newly elected Nationalist Party. Produced by [[NTO]] , it won De Klerk the [[Hertzogprys\|Hertzog Prize]] for drama (a contentious award because he shared it with [[Gerhard J. Beukes]]). It was also a standard prescribed work for schools and literary courses for almost four decades (1950s-1980s). His first play was ''[[Uit die goeie aarde]]'' (“From the good earth” - 1942), a play about student life, followed by a collection of three plays (''[[Die Verterende Vuur]]'' [“The consuming fire”], ''[[Nag het die Wind Gebring]]'' [“Night brought the wind”] and ''[[Hellersee]]'' [which opened the [[Bloemfontein Civic Theatre]] in 1959], in ''Drie Dramas'', 1947). Then came: ''[[Vlamme oor La Roche]]'' (“Flames over La Roche” – 1951), ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'' (lit. “The year of the fire ox”, 1952), ''[[Die Twisappel]]'' (The bone [lit. “apple”] of contention”, 1955), ''[[Hellersee]]'', ''[[Vermaak se kind]]'' (“Child of entertainment”, 1963), ''[[Wanneer see en branders dreun]]'' (“When sea and waves thunder”, 1963). After a long silence he published ''[[Die Markplein]]'' (“The marketplace”) in 1978, but by then his style of theatre had gone out of fashion and it was never seriously considered for performance. He also produced nine one-act plays, among which are some of his better work (e.g. ''[[Die Jammer ~~hart~~]]'' [“The sorrowing heart”] from ''Drie Vroue'' [“Three Women”, 1947] and ''[[Waai, westewind]]'' [“Blow, west wind”, 1950]). He also wrote for radio. (De Beer, 1995; Kannemeyer, 1983)	+	DE KLERK, Willem Abraham (known formally as W.A. de Klerk when spoken of as literary figure, or simply “Bill” to his friends). (1917-1996) Well known dramatist and writer of eclectic prose works - producing adventure stories, novels, children’s books and political-philosophical works ons the Afrikaner (the best known of these being ''The Puritans in Africa: A Story of Afrikanerdom''- 1975). Born in the Paarl, Schooled at Grey College in Bloemfontein and at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], where he completed a BA (1937) and an LLB (1939) and he started out life with a short stint of 5 years as an advocate in the Cape, before he spent 3 years as a freelance writer and announcer for the [[SABC]] and for the BBC in London. In the early fifties he settled on the farm “Saffier” (“Saphire”) near the Paarl and became a full-time writer-farmer. A much loved man, his farm Saffier became a rallying point for Cape writers and other Afrikaner intellectuals. As dramatist De Klerk picks up where [[J.F.W. Grosskopf]] left off with social realism, linking with Ibsen and O’Neill. While strong dramatic situations are depicted and he aims for powerful characterization (often focussed on the limitations of and challenges for man in society), the plays are at times spoiled by relatively heavy-handed and “stagey” dialogue and purple passages of pseudo-philosophical moralizing. However he was perhaps the pre-eminent “serious” dramatic writer of his generation, his works forming the cornerstone of the [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]]) repertoire and the published plays became a core part of the mid-century dramatic canon in Afrikaans. For example, ''[[Nag het die Wind Gebring]]'' [Night brought the Wind] was originally directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] for [[Volksteater]], but then later used for the inaugural season of [[NTO]], while ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'', his most ambitious and profound – possibly best - play, was written as a commissioned work for the 1952 [[The Van Riebeeck Festival\|Van Riebeeck Tricentenary]] festivities. The play tentatively sought to question some of the tenets underlying the segregationists ideas being propagated by the newly elected Nationalist Party. Produced by [[NTO]] , it won De Klerk the [[Hertzogprys\|Hertzog Prize]] for drama (a contentious award because he shared it with [[Gerhard J. Beukes]]). It was also a standard prescribed work for schools and literary courses for almost four decades (1950s-1980s). His first play was ''[[Uit die goeie aarde]]'' (“From the good earth” - 1942), a play about student life, followed by a collection of three plays (''[[Die Verterende Vuur]]'' [“The consuming fire”], ''[[Nag het die Wind Gebring]]'' [“Night brought the wind”] and ''[[Hellersee]]'' [which opened the [[Bloemfontein Civic Theatre]] in 1959], in ''Drie Dramas'', 1947). Then came: ''[[Vlamme oor La Roche]]'' (“Flames over La Roche” – 1951), ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'' (lit. “The year of the fire ox”, 1952), ''[[Die Twisappel]]'' (The bone [lit. “apple”] of contention”, 1955), ''[[Hellersee]]'', ''[[Vermaak se kind]]'' (“Child of entertainment”, 1963), ''[[Wanneer see en branders dreun]]'' (“When sea and waves thunder”, 1963). After a long silence he published ''[[Die Markplein]]'' (“The marketplace”) in 1978, but by then his style of theatre had gone out of fashion and it was never seriously considered for performance. He also produced nine one-act plays, among which are some of his better work (e.g. ''[[Die Jammer Hart]]'' [“The sorrowing heart”] from ''Drie Vroue'' [“Three Women”, 1947] and ''[[Waai, westewind]]'' [“Blow, west wind”, 1950]). He also wrote for radio. (De Beer, 1995; Kannemeyer, 1983)

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−	DE KLERK, Willem Abraham (known formally as W.A. de Klerk when spoken of as literary figure, or simply “Bill” to his friends). (1917-1996) Well known dramatist and writer of eclectic prose works - producing adventure stories, novels, children’s books and political-philosophical works ons the Afrikaner (the best known of these being ''The Puritans in Africa: A Story of Afrikanerdom''- 1975). Born in the Paarl, Schooled at Grey College in Bloemfontein and at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], where he completed a BA (1937) and an LLB (1939) and he started out life with a short stint of 5 years as an advocate in the Cape, before he spent 3 years as a freelance writer and announcer for the [[SABC]] and for the BBC in London. In the early fifties he settled on the farm “Saffier” (“Saphire”) near the Paarl and became a full-time writer-farmer. A much loved man, his farm Saffier became a rallying point for Cape writers and other Afrikaner intellectuals. As dramatist De Klerk picks up where [[J.F.W. Grosskopf]] left off with social realism, linking with Ibsen and O’Neill. While strong dramatic situations are depicted and he aims for powerful characterization (often focussed on the limitations of and challenges for man in society), the plays are at times spoiled by relatively heavy-handed and “stagey” dialogue and purple passages of pseudo-philosophical moralizing. However he was perhaps the pre-eminent “serious” dramatic writer of his generation, his works forming the cornerstone of the [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]]) repertoire and the published plays became a core part of the mid-century dramatic canon in Afrikaans. For example, ''[[Nag ~~Het~~ die Wind Gebring]]'' [Night brought the Wind] was originally directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] for [[Volksteater]], but then later used for the inaugural season of [[NTO]], while ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'', his most ambitious and profound – possibly best - play, was written as a commissioned work for the 1952 [[The Van Riebeeck Festival\|Van Riebeeck Tricentenary]] festivities. The play tentatively sought to question some of the tenets underlying the segregationists ideas being propagated by the newly elected Nationalist Party. Produced by [[NTO]] , it won De Klerk the [[Hertzogprys\|Hertzog Prize]] for drama (a contentious award because he shared it with [[Gerhard J. Beukes]]). It was also a standard prescribed work for schools and literary courses for almost four decades (1950s-1980s). His first play was ''[[Uit die goeie aarde]]'' (“From the good earth” - 1942), a play about student life, followed by a collection of three plays (''[[Die Verterende Vuur]]'' [“The consuming fire”], ''[[Nag ~~Het~~ die Wind Gebring]]'' [“Night brought the wind”] and ''[[Hellersee]]'' [which opened the [[Bloemfontein Civic Theatre]] in 1959], in ''Drie Dramas'', 1947). Then came: ''[[Vlamme oor La Roche]]'' (“Flames over La Roche” – 1951), ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'' (lit. “The year of the fire ox”, 1952), ''[[Die Twisappel]]'' (The bone [lit. “apple”] of contention”, 1955), ''[[Hellersee]]'', ''[[Vermaak se kind]]'' (“Child of entertainment”, 1963), ''[[Wanneer see en branders dreun]]'' (“When sea and waves thunder”, 1963). After a long silence he published ''[[Die Markplein]]'' (“The marketplace”) in 1978, but by then his style of theatre had gone out of fashion and it was never seriously considered for performance. He also produced nine one-act plays, among which are some of his better work (e.g. ''[[Die Jammer hart]]'' [“The sorrowing heart”] from ''Drie Vroue'' [“Three Women”, 1947] and ''[[Waai, westewind]]'' [“Blow, west wind”, 1950]). He also wrote for radio. (De Beer, 1995; Kannemeyer, 1983)	+	DE KLERK, Willem Abraham (known formally as W.A. de Klerk when spoken of as literary figure, or simply “Bill” to his friends). (1917-1996) Well known dramatist and writer of eclectic prose works - producing adventure stories, novels, children’s books and political-philosophical works ons the Afrikaner (the best known of these being ''The Puritans in Africa: A Story of Afrikanerdom''- 1975). Born in the Paarl, Schooled at Grey College in Bloemfontein and at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], where he completed a BA (1937) and an LLB (1939) and he started out life with a short stint of 5 years as an advocate in the Cape, before he spent 3 years as a freelance writer and announcer for the [[SABC]] and for the BBC in London. In the early fifties he settled on the farm “Saffier” (“Saphire”) near the Paarl and became a full-time writer-farmer. A much loved man, his farm Saffier became a rallying point for Cape writers and other Afrikaner intellectuals. As dramatist De Klerk picks up where [[J.F.W. Grosskopf]] left off with social realism, linking with Ibsen and O’Neill. While strong dramatic situations are depicted and he aims for powerful characterization (often focussed on the limitations of and challenges for man in society), the plays are at times spoiled by relatively heavy-handed and “stagey” dialogue and purple passages of pseudo-philosophical moralizing. However he was perhaps the pre-eminent “serious” dramatic writer of his generation, his works forming the cornerstone of the [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]]) repertoire and the published plays became a core part of the mid-century dramatic canon in Afrikaans. For example, ''[[Nag het die Wind Gebring]]'' [Night brought the Wind] was originally directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] for [[Volksteater]], but then later used for the inaugural season of [[NTO]], while ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'', his most ambitious and profound – possibly best - play, was written as a commissioned work for the 1952 [[The Van Riebeeck Festival\|Van Riebeeck Tricentenary]] festivities. The play tentatively sought to question some of the tenets underlying the segregationists ideas being propagated by the newly elected Nationalist Party. Produced by [[NTO]] , it won De Klerk the [[Hertzogprys\|Hertzog Prize]] for drama (a contentious award because he shared it with [[Gerhard J. Beukes]]). It was also a standard prescribed work for schools and literary courses for almost four decades (1950s-1980s). His first play was ''[[Uit die goeie aarde]]'' (“From the good earth” - 1942), a play about student life, followed by a collection of three plays (''[[Die Verterende Vuur]]'' [“The consuming fire”], ''[[Nag het die Wind Gebring]]'' [“Night brought the wind”] and ''[[Hellersee]]'' [which opened the [[Bloemfontein Civic Theatre]] in 1959], in ''Drie Dramas'', 1947). Then came: ''[[Vlamme oor La Roche]]'' (“Flames over La Roche” – 1951), ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'' (lit. “The year of the fire ox”, 1952), ''[[Die Twisappel]]'' (The bone [lit. “apple”] of contention”, 1955), ''[[Hellersee]]'', ''[[Vermaak se kind]]'' (“Child of entertainment”, 1963), ''[[Wanneer see en branders dreun]]'' (“When sea and waves thunder”, 1963). After a long silence he published ''[[Die Markplein]]'' (“The marketplace”) in 1978, but by then his style of theatre had gone out of fashion and it was never seriously considered for performance. He also produced nine one-act plays, among which are some of his better work (e.g. ''[[Die Jammer hart]]'' [“The sorrowing heart”] from ''Drie Vroue'' [“Three Women”, 1947] and ''[[Waai, westewind]]'' [“Blow, west wind”, 1950]). He also wrote for radio. (De Beer, 1995; Kannemeyer, 1983)

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−	DE KLERK, Willem Abraham (known formally as W.A. de Klerk when spoken of as literary figure, or simply “Bill” to his friends). (1917-1996) Well known dramatist and writer of eclectic prose works - producing adventure stories, novels, children’s books and political-philosophical works ons the Afrikaner (the best known of these being ''The Puritans in Africa: A Story of Afrikanerdom''- 1975). Born in the Paarl, Schooled at Grey College in Bloemfontein and at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], where he completed a BA (1937) and an LLB (1939) and he started out life with a short stint of 5 years as an advocate in the Cape, before he spent 3 years as a freelance writer and announcer for the [[SABC]] and for the BBC in London. In the early fifties he settled on the farm “Saffier” (“Saphire”) near the Paarl and became a full-time writer-farmer. A much loved man, his farm Saffier became a rallying point for Cape writers and other Afrikaner intellectuals. As dramatist De Klerk picks up where [[J.F.W. Grosskopf]] left off with social realism, linking with Ibsen and O’Neill. While strong dramatic situations are depicted and he aims for powerful characterization (often focussed on the limitations of and challenges for man in society), the plays are at times spoiled by relatively heavy-handed and “stagey” dialogue and purple passages of pseudo-philosophical moralizing. However he was perhaps the pre-eminent “serious” dramatic writer of his generation, his works forming the cornerstone of the [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]]) repertoire and the published plays became a core part of the mid-century dramatic canon in Afrikaans. For example, ''[[Nag Het die Wind Gebring]]'' [Night brought the Wind] was originally directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] for [[Volksteater]], but then later used for the inaugural season of [[NTO]], while ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'', his most ambitious and profound – possibly best - play, was written as a commissioned work for the 1952 [[The Van Riebeeck Festival ~~\|Van Riebeeck festival~~\|Van Riebeeck Tricentenary]] festivities. The play tentatively sought to question some of the tenets underlying the segregationists ideas being propagated by the newly elected Nationalist Party. Produced by [[NTO]] , it won De Klerk the [[Hertzogprys\|Hertzog Prize]] for drama (a contentious award because he shared it with [[Gerhard J. Beukes]]). It was also a standard prescribed work for schools and literary courses for almost four decades (1950s-1980s). His first play was ''[[Uit die goeie aarde]]'' (“From the good earth” - 1942), a play about student life, followed by a collection of three plays (''[[Die Verterende Vuur]]'' [“The consuming fire”], ''[[Nag Het die Wind Gebring]]'' [“Night brought the wind”] and ''[[Hellersee]]'' [which opened the [[Bloemfontein Civic Theatre]] in 1959], in ''Drie Dramas'', 1947). Then came: ''[[Vlamme oor La Roche]]'' (“Flames over La Roche” – 1951), ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'' (lit. “The year of the fire ox”, 1952), ''[[Die Twisappel]]'' (The bone [lit. “apple”] of contention”, 1955), ''[[Hellersee]]'', ''[[Vermaak se kind]]'' (“Child of entertainment”, 1963), ''[[Wanneer see en branders dreun]]'' (“When sea and waves thunder”, 1963). After a long silence he published ''[[Die Markplein]]'' (“The marketplace”) in 1978, but by then his style of theatre had gone out of fashion and it was never seriously considered for performance. He also produced nine one-act plays, among which are some of his better work (e.g. ''[[Die Jammer hart]]'' [“The sorrowing heart”] from ''Drie Vroue'' [“Three Women”, 1947] and ''[[Waai, westewind]]'' [“Blow, west wind”, 1950]). He also wrote for radio. (De Beer, 1995; Kannemeyer, 1983)	+	DE KLERK, Willem Abraham (known formally as W.A. de Klerk when spoken of as literary figure, or simply “Bill” to his friends). (1917-1996) Well known dramatist and writer of eclectic prose works - producing adventure stories, novels, children’s books and political-philosophical works ons the Afrikaner (the best known of these being ''The Puritans in Africa: A Story of Afrikanerdom''- 1975). Born in the Paarl, Schooled at Grey College in Bloemfontein and at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], where he completed a BA (1937) and an LLB (1939) and he started out life with a short stint of 5 years as an advocate in the Cape, before he spent 3 years as a freelance writer and announcer for the [[SABC]] and for the BBC in London. In the early fifties he settled on the farm “Saffier” (“Saphire”) near the Paarl and became a full-time writer-farmer. A much loved man, his farm Saffier became a rallying point for Cape writers and other Afrikaner intellectuals. As dramatist De Klerk picks up where [[J.F.W. Grosskopf]] left off with social realism, linking with Ibsen and O’Neill. While strong dramatic situations are depicted and he aims for powerful characterization (often focussed on the limitations of and challenges for man in society), the plays are at times spoiled by relatively heavy-handed and “stagey” dialogue and purple passages of pseudo-philosophical moralizing. However he was perhaps the pre-eminent “serious” dramatic writer of his generation, his works forming the cornerstone of the [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]]) repertoire and the published plays became a core part of the mid-century dramatic canon in Afrikaans. For example, ''[[Nag Het die Wind Gebring]]'' [Night brought the Wind] was originally directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] for [[Volksteater]], but then later used for the inaugural season of [[NTO]], while ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'', his most ambitious and profound – possibly best - play, was written as a commissioned work for the 1952 [[The Van Riebeeck Festival\|Van Riebeeck Tricentenary]] festivities. The play tentatively sought to question some of the tenets underlying the segregationists ideas being propagated by the newly elected Nationalist Party. Produced by [[NTO]] , it won De Klerk the [[Hertzogprys\|Hertzog Prize]] for drama (a contentious award because he shared it with [[Gerhard J. Beukes]]). It was also a standard prescribed work for schools and literary courses for almost four decades (1950s-1980s). His first play was ''[[Uit die goeie aarde]]'' (“From the good earth” - 1942), a play about student life, followed by a collection of three plays (''[[Die Verterende Vuur]]'' [“The consuming fire”], ''[[Nag Het die Wind Gebring]]'' [“Night brought the wind”] and ''[[Hellersee]]'' [which opened the [[Bloemfontein Civic Theatre]] in 1959], in ''Drie Dramas'', 1947). Then came: ''[[Vlamme oor La Roche]]'' (“Flames over La Roche” – 1951), ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'' (lit. “The year of the fire ox”, 1952), ''[[Die Twisappel]]'' (The bone [lit. “apple”] of contention”, 1955), ''[[Hellersee]]'', ''[[Vermaak se kind]]'' (“Child of entertainment”, 1963), ''[[Wanneer see en branders dreun]]'' (“When sea and waves thunder”, 1963). After a long silence he published ''[[Die Markplein]]'' (“The marketplace”) in 1978, but by then his style of theatre had gone out of fashion and it was never seriously considered for performance. He also produced nine one-act plays, among which are some of his better work (e.g. ''[[Die Jammer hart]]'' [“The sorrowing heart”] from ''Drie Vroue'' [“Three Women”, 1947] and ''[[Waai, westewind]]'' [“Blow, west wind”, 1950]). He also wrote for radio. (De Beer, 1995; Kannemeyer, 1983)

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−	DE KLERK, Willem Abraham (known formally as W.A. de Klerk when spoken of as literary figure, or simply “Bill” to his friends). (1917-1996) Well known dramatist and writer of eclectic prose works - producing adventure stories, novels, children’s books and political-philosophical works ons the Afrikaner (the best known of these being ''The Puritans in Africa: A Story of Afrikanerdom''- 1975). Born in the Paarl, Schooled at Grey College in Bloemfontein and at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], where he completed a BA (1937) and an LLB (1939) and he started out life with a short stint of 5 years as an advocate in the Cape, before he spent 3 years as a freelance writer and announcer for the [[SABC]] and for the BBC in London. In the early fifties he settled on the farm “Saffier” (“Saphire”) near the Paarl and became a full-time writer-farmer. A much loved man, his farm Saffier became a rallying point for Cape writers and other Afrikaner intellectuals. As dramatist De Klerk picks up where [[J.F.W. Grosskopf]] left off with social realism, linking with Ibsen and O’Neill. While strong dramatic situations are depicted and he aims for powerful characterization (often focussed on the limitations of and challenges for man in society), the plays are at times spoiled by relatively heavy-handed and “stagey” dialogue and purple passages of pseudo-philosophical moralizing. However he was perhaps the pre-eminent “serious” dramatic writer of his generation, his works forming the cornerstone of the [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]]) repertoire and the published plays became a core part of the mid-century dramatic canon in Afrikaans. For example, ''[[Nag Het die Wind Gebring]]'' [Night brought the Wind] was originally directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] for [[Volksteater]], but then later used for the inaugural season of [[NTO]], while ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'', his most ambitious and profound – possibly best - play, was written as a commissioned work for the 1952 [[Van Riebeeck festival\|Van Riebeeck Tricentenary]] festivities. The play tentatively sought to question some of the tenets underlying the segregationists ideas being propagated by the newly elected Nationalist Party. Produced by [[NTO]] , it won De Klerk the [[Hertzogprys\|Hertzog Prize]] for drama (a contentious award because he shared it with [[Gerhard J. Beukes]]). It was also a standard prescribed work for schools and literary courses for almost four decades (1950s-1980s). His first play was ''[[Uit die goeie aarde]]'' (“From the good earth” - 1942), a play about student life, followed by a collection of three plays (''[[Die Verterende Vuur]]'' [“The consuming fire”], ''[[Nag Het die Wind Gebring]]'' [“Night brought the wind”] and ''[[Hellersee]]'' [which opened the [[Bloemfontein Civic Theatre]] in 1959], in ''Drie Dramas'', 1947). Then came: ''[[Vlamme oor La Roche]]'' (“Flames over La Roche” – 1951), ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'' (lit. “The year of the fire ox”, 1952), ''[[Die Twisappel]]'' (The bone [lit. “apple”] of contention”, 1955), ''[[Hellersee]]'', ''[[Vermaak se kind]]'' (“Child of entertainment”, 1963), ''[[Wanneer see en branders dreun]]'' (“When sea and waves thunder”, 1963). After a long silence he published ''[[Die Markplein]]'' (“The marketplace”) in 1978, but by then his style of theatre had gone out of fashion and it was never seriously considered for performance. He also produced nine one-act plays, among which are some of his better work (e.g. ''[[Die Jammer hart]]'' [“The sorrowing heart”] from ''Drie Vroue'' [“Three Women”, 1947] and ''[[Waai, westewind]]'' [“Blow, west wind”, 1950]). He also wrote for radio. (De Beer, 1995; Kannemeyer, 1983)	+	DE KLERK, Willem Abraham (known formally as W.A. de Klerk when spoken of as literary figure, or simply “Bill” to his friends). (1917-1996) Well known dramatist and writer of eclectic prose works - producing adventure stories, novels, children’s books and political-philosophical works ons the Afrikaner (the best known of these being ''The Puritans in Africa: A Story of Afrikanerdom''- 1975). Born in the Paarl, Schooled at Grey College in Bloemfontein and at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], where he completed a BA (1937) and an LLB (1939) and he started out life with a short stint of 5 years as an advocate in the Cape, before he spent 3 years as a freelance writer and announcer for the [[SABC]] and for the BBC in London. In the early fifties he settled on the farm “Saffier” (“Saphire”) near the Paarl and became a full-time writer-farmer. A much loved man, his farm Saffier became a rallying point for Cape writers and other Afrikaner intellectuals. As dramatist De Klerk picks up where [[J.F.W. Grosskopf]] left off with social realism, linking with Ibsen and O’Neill. While strong dramatic situations are depicted and he aims for powerful characterization (often focussed on the limitations of and challenges for man in society), the plays are at times spoiled by relatively heavy-handed and “stagey” dialogue and purple passages of pseudo-philosophical moralizing. However he was perhaps the pre-eminent “serious” dramatic writer of his generation, his works forming the cornerstone of the [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]]) repertoire and the published plays became a core part of the mid-century dramatic canon in Afrikaans. For example, ''[[Nag Het die Wind Gebring]]'' [Night brought the Wind] was originally directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] for [[Volksteater]], but then later used for the inaugural season of [[NTO]], while ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'', his most ambitious and profound – possibly best - play, was written as a commissioned work for the 1952 [[The Van Riebeeck Festival \|Van Riebeeck festival\|Van Riebeeck Tricentenary]] festivities. The play tentatively sought to question some of the tenets underlying the segregationists ideas being propagated by the newly elected Nationalist Party. Produced by [[NTO]] , it won De Klerk the [[Hertzogprys\|Hertzog Prize]] for drama (a contentious award because he shared it with [[Gerhard J. Beukes]]). It was also a standard prescribed work for schools and literary courses for almost four decades (1950s-1980s). His first play was ''[[Uit die goeie aarde]]'' (“From the good earth” - 1942), a play about student life, followed by a collection of three plays (''[[Die Verterende Vuur]]'' [“The consuming fire”], ''[[Nag Het die Wind Gebring]]'' [“Night brought the wind”] and ''[[Hellersee]]'' [which opened the [[Bloemfontein Civic Theatre]] in 1959], in ''Drie Dramas'', 1947). Then came: ''[[Vlamme oor La Roche]]'' (“Flames over La Roche” – 1951), ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'' (lit. “The year of the fire ox”, 1952), ''[[Die Twisappel]]'' (The bone [lit. “apple”] of contention”, 1955), ''[[Hellersee]]'', ''[[Vermaak se kind]]'' (“Child of entertainment”, 1963), ''[[Wanneer see en branders dreun]]'' (“When sea and waves thunder”, 1963). After a long silence he published ''[[Die Markplein]]'' (“The marketplace”) in 1978, but by then his style of theatre had gone out of fashion and it was never seriously considered for performance. He also produced nine one-act plays, among which are some of his better work (e.g. ''[[Die Jammer hart]]'' [“The sorrowing heart”] from ''Drie Vroue'' [“Three Women”, 1947] and ''[[Waai, westewind]]'' [“Blow, west wind”, 1950]). He also wrote for radio. (De Beer, 1995; Kannemeyer, 1983)