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[[Jo-Marie Claassen]] is a classicist, with an interest in drama.  
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[[Jo-Marie Claassen]] (1940-) is a classicist, with an interest in drama.  
  
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== Biography ==
  
She retired as Associate Professor in the Department of Antique Studies at the University of Stellenbosch in 2001, and keeping the title Associate Professor Emerita.
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Born Johanna Maria Latsky on 9 June 1940 in Cape Town. She studied at [[Stellenbosch University]] (BA in Latin and English, cum laude, 1960; MA in Latin, cum laude, 1970; Third major in Greek, 1972, PhD, 1986)
  
Besides writing articles on South African plays she also translated ''[[Germanicus]]'' (by [[N.P. van Wyk Louw]]) into English (published in 2013).
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She was a teacher in the Stellenbosch University Latin Department (later Classics and then Ancient Studies) for about 34 years, retiring in 2001, but retaining the title Associate Professor Emerita.
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Married to Pieter Eduard Claassen, she has a daughter and a son.
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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Besides writing a number of articles on the play,  she also translated [[N.P. van Wyk Louw]]'s [[Afrikaans]] verse play ''[[Germanicus]]'' into English. It was published as ''N.P. Van Wyk Louw: Germanicus translated and with an introduction'' in London by Dragonfly eBooks[https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/314998] in 2013.
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== Sources ==
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http://www.stellenboschwriters.com/claassenjm.html
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''[[LitNet Akademies]]'', 2017[http://www.litnet.co.za/n-klassikus-se-ontleding-van-n-p-van-wyk-louw-se-germanicus-n-beeld-van-mag-en-onmag/]
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Latest revision as of 11:43, 23 December 2017

Jo-Marie Claassen (1940-) is a classicist, with an interest in drama.

Biography

Born Johanna Maria Latsky on 9 June 1940 in Cape Town. She studied at Stellenbosch University (BA in Latin and English, cum laude, 1960; MA in Latin, cum laude, 1970; Third major in Greek, 1972, PhD, 1986)

She was a teacher in the Stellenbosch University Latin Department (later Classics and then Ancient Studies) for about 34 years, retiring in 2001, but retaining the title Associate Professor Emerita.

Married to Pieter Eduard Claassen, she has a daughter and a son.

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

Besides writing a number of articles on the play, she also translated N.P. van Wyk Louw's Afrikaans verse play Germanicus into English. It was published as N.P. Van Wyk Louw: Germanicus translated and with an introduction in London by Dragonfly eBooks[1] in 2013.


Sources

http://www.stellenboschwriters.com/claassenjm.html

LitNet Akademies, 2017[2]

Go to the ESAT Bibliography

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