C.M. van den Heever (1902-1957)[1] was an Afrikaans-language novelist, poet, playwright, essayist and biographer.

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Biography

Born Christiaan Maurits van den Heever on 27 February 1902 in the concentration camp near Norvalspont in Cape Province,

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

Besides the full-length play Geloof: Drama uit die Hugenotetyd ("Faith: Drama from the time of the Hugenots", 1933), he also wrote a number of one-act plays, including Ek Kom Dadelik! (a one-act play, published in Helikon, 4(20), 1955); Tot U Welsyn ( a one-act play, published in Bulletin, 4(7):31-35. January, 1957).

A number of his plays and novels have been dramatised and filmed.

Novels filmed include Somer ("Summer") and Laat Vrugte (lit. "Late Fruit").

The central concept of his haunting poem Waar Ruwe Rotse was twice dramatised.