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| − | Born [[Johannes Adolf Wilhelm Grütter]] in Kingwilliamstown on 3 Februarie 1936, | + | Born [[Johannes Adolf Wilhelm Grütter]] in Kingwilliamstown on 3 Februarie 1936, he matriculated at the Hoërskool Pietersburg in 1952, then went to the [[University of Stellenbosch]] in 1954, where he completed a B.A. degree with English and German as majors. While at university he served as arts editor of ''[[Die Matie]]'' (the student newspaper), was the typographical editor of ''[[Prisma]]'' and a founding member and secretary of the university chess club. |
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Wilhelm Grütter (1936-2001) was an Afrikaans actor, dramatist, theatre critic, publisher and arts editor.
Biography
Born Johannes Adolf Wilhelm Grütter in Kingwilliamstown on 3 Februarie 1936, he matriculated at the Hoërskool Pietersburg in 1952, then went to the University of Stellenbosch in 1954, where he completed a B.A. degree with English and German as majors. While at university he served as arts editor of Die Matie (the student newspaper), was the typographical editor of Prisma and a founding member and secretary of the university chess club.
He died of cancer in Cape Town on 13 June 2001.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
In the mid-1980s he was commissioned to write a history of the Cape Performing Arts Board (CAPAB), but the history he produced was deemed too critical for the then administration, and it was never published. A copy is held by the Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies in Stellenbosch.
Was married to the award-winning Afrikaans author Petra Müller.
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Gr%C3%BCtter
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