Cas van Rensburg
Cas van Rensburg (1942-2018) was a Jungian analyst, journalist, critic, author and playwright.
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Biography
Born and raised in the Eastern Free State, he studied for a BA degree in philosophy and psychology at the University of the Orange Free State. This course also included classical languages. This was followed by studies in Jungian psychology with Marianne Jacoby in London. This apparently led to his interest in theatre.
He went on to a career primarily focused on was primarily a versatile and well-read journalist, beginning his career at Die Burger in Cape Town.
was also a Jungian analyst of renown, having studied under Marianne Jacoby in London for a number of years. This apparently led to his interest in theatre.
He died in Onrusrivier in May 2018.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He wrote articles and reviews about cultural matters for a number of publications.
In the middle-1980s he was the literary advisor and resident dramatist for PACT in Pretoria.
At this time he began to write plays, including Die Tweede Dood van Robey Leibbrandt (produced by PACT, 1984 and at the KKNK in 1987), Om Hendrik Weg te Bring (KKNK, 1986), Oscar in Afrika (Aardklop, 1999), *
After his retirement as journalist, he wrote a number of books, one of the most successful being Jou drome – jou onbewuste het ál die antwoorde ("Your Dreams- Your subconscious has all the answers", 2000), a work strongly influenced by Jung.
Sources
"Cas van Rensburg sterf". Die Burger, 2018-05-04.
Erika Terblanche. 2018. "Cas van Rensburg (1942–2018)" LitNet-Skrywersalbum, 2018-07-12[1]
Draft article on Reza de Wet, by Paul Boekkooi (2018).
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