Ettie Bierman
Ettie Bierman was an educationist and author.
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Biography
Born in Johannesburg on 22 Januarie 1941, she had her schooling at the Malvern Laerskool and the Kensington Hoërskool in Johannesburg. This was followed by a three year course in education at the Pretoria Onderwyskollege, specialising in Speech and Drama.
Her initial career consisted of two years teachxing and five years as an international air stewardess for the South African Airways.
Writing career
She was the author of numerous Afrikaans serials in magazines, light novels, short stories and stories for the youth. She also translated a number of works into Afrikaans. terwyl sy ook 'n aantal werke in Afrikaans vertaal.
She passed away in Ramsgate, Kwazulu-Natal, on 2 September 2020.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
In the 1960s-1970s she compiled collections of play-texts for school use. Among them were Monoloë, Samesprake en Toneelstukkies (1968) and Uit Die Banke Op Die Planke (1971).
Sources
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettie_Bierman
Copy of a catalogue (handwritten by various hands) of the F.C.L. Bosman collection held at the Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkunde Museum en Navorsingsentrum (NALN) in Bloemfontein.
List of Afrikaans dramas published between 1960 and 1977, compiled by NALN.
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