C.F. Beyers-Boshoff
C.F. Beyers-Boshoff (1926–1989) was an Afrikaans novelist, dramatist and scriptwriter.
Biography
Born Christiaan Frederik Beyers-Boshoff on 8 Mei 1926 on Potgietersrus and completed his schooling in Pretoria at the Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool. He studied at the University of Pretoria, where he met his wife, Petro Maritz. They had five chidren four girls and a boy, the artist Maurice Boshoff.
He initially worked as ** and wrote part-time, but after a huge financial setback began writing full time, producing over 100 stories and novels, and a large number of TV and films scripts
They divorced in the 1970s and he died in Pretoria of a heart attack on 17 December, 1989.
Dramas and serials for radio
His popular radio serial Ongewenste Vreemdeling made him a household name, and was later turned into a successful film (see Ongewenste Vreemdeling). Other radio texts include Dans van die flamink, My liedjie van verlange en Die vrou van Shangetti. Veral Ongewenste vreemdeling maak van hom ’n huishoudelike naam en hou op daardie tydstip die rekord vir die grootste luistertal vir ’n Afrikaanse radiovervolgverhaal.
Film scripts
Eleven of his tales were turned into films, he wrting the scripts in all cases. Among them were Dans van die Flamink (1974), Ongewenste Vreemdeling (1974) (directed by Jans Rautenbach), Tant Ralie se Losieshuis (1974), My naam is Dingetjie (1975), Die Troudag van Tant Ralie (1975), Dingetjie is Dynamite (1975), My Liedjie van Verlange (1975), Grensbasis 13 (1979) en Eendag vir Altyd (1985).
He also wrote the English scripts for The Spots on my Leopard]] (1974), film Night of the Puppets (Daan Retief, 1980), Catch me a Dream (also released in Afrikaans as Vang vir my ’n Droom), Kill and Kill Again (released in South Africa as Karate Olympia). He also wrote some scripts for American TV.
