Ernst Allister Schlengemann
Ernst Allister Schlengemann (1904-1930) was an Afrikaans journalist, poet and playwright.
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Biography
Also known as E.A. Schlengemann.
He died at the age of 26 years while working at a newspaper, Die Suidwes Afrikaner in Windhoek, South-West Africa.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Sources
Suid-Afrikaanse Biografiese Woordeboek, vol.1, pp.720-721 ; Cape Town, 1968.
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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He was the author of the hugely popular Afrikaans farce Die Drie Van Der Walts ("The Three Van Der Walts") and the play In die Gewoel ("In the Bustle").
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