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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.
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| − | 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]].
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| − | 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.
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| − | 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
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| − | http://www.stellenboschwriters.com/kannemey.html
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| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christoffel_Kannemeyer
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| − | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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