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''[[Die Voortreflike Familie Smit]]'' ("The excellent family Smith") can refer to: | ''[[Die Voortreflike Familie Smit]]'' ("The excellent family Smith") can refer to: | ||
| − | 1. an award winning novel by [[Anna M. Louw]] (1913-2003) | + | 1. an award winning [[Afrikaans]] novel by [[Anna M. Louw]] (1913-2003) |
2. an [[Afrikaans]] film | 2. an [[Afrikaans]] film | ||
| − | 3. an Afrikaans TV series | + | 3. an [[Afrikaans]] TV series |
The latter two were both based on the novel. | The latter two were both based on the novel. | ||
Revision as of 06:02, 10 November 2022
Die Voortreflike Familie Smit ("The excellent family Smith") can refer to:
1. an award winning Afrikaans novel by Anna M. Louw (1913-2003)
2. an Afrikaans film
3. an Afrikaans TV series
The latter two were both based on the novel.
The novel
Telling of the everyday life of a rural family that has moved to the city of Cape Town, as narrated by the teenage daughter Grietjie, the tale first appeared in the magazine Sarie Marais in 196*, and was then published in book form by in 1968. Louw received the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns's Scheepersprys for youth literature for it in 1968.
The film
The TV series
Adapted as a series for TV, directed Stephan Bouwer.
