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=== Career ===
 
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Started his career as a legal clerk, worked in an advertising agency and then became a university lecturer, ending up at the  [[University of Cape Town]], where he is the Hofmeyr Professor in the School of Languages and Literatures, and chairs the [[Afrikaans]] and Netherlandic Studies Section.  
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Started his career as a legal clerk, worked in an advertising agency and then became a university lecturer, ending up at the  [[University of Cape Town]], where he was appointed Hofmeyr Professor in the School of Languages and Literatures, and chairman of the [[Afrikaans]] and Netherlandic Studies Section.
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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Etienne Roché van Heerden (1954-) is a South African author.

Biography

Youth

He was born on 3 December 1954 in Johannesburg and spent his early youth on sheep farms near Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape. He completed his secondary schooling in Stellenbosch.

Training

He graduated from the University of Stellenbosch with BA and LL.B. degrees and an honnours degree in Afrikaans and Dutch. He completed a Master's degree at the University of the Witwatersrand and a PhD at Rhodes University.

Career

Started his career as a legal clerk, worked in an advertising agency and then became a university lecturer, ending up at the University of Cape Town, where he was appointed Hofmeyr Professor in the School of Languages and Literatures, and chairman of the Afrikaans and Netherlandic Studies Section.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Wrote the lyrics for the Afrikaans cabarets Ekskuus vir die Wals (performed in 1984 by the Libertas Theatre Club), and Lied van die Boeings ( performed in 200? in the Oude Libertas Theatre).

Awards, etc

Sources

Wikipedia [1]

Afrikaans Wikipedia [2]

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