Bosman de Villiers
Bosman de Villiers (1916-2003) was a journalist and author.
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Biography
Born Abraham Izak Hermanus Jacobus Bosman de Villiers on 10 June 1916 in Thaba Nchu in the Orange Free State, completing his schooling there and at Ventersburg, before starting tertiary studies at the Grey University College in Bloemfontein. However, owing to lack of funds, he had to leave to work at a whole range of occupations, before settling as a journalist and assistant editor of the [Lowveld Leader in Nelspruit.
On 3 June 1939 he married Eleonora Cronjé of Ventersburg and the couple had two children. He passed away in Johannesburg on June 2003.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Besides a number of short stories and sketches and a book called Gholf saam met die boere, the first book in Afrikaans on gholf, he wrote one play. This was Die Dikker Bloed, which won the joint first prize in a playwriting competition run by Federasie van Amateurtoneelverenigings van Suid-Afrika (FATSA) in 1948. The text was published in the collection
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https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosman_de_Villiers
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