Bosman de Villiers
Bosman de Villiers (1916-2003) was a journalist and author.
Lewe en werk 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. H passed away in Joahnnesburg on June 2003.
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
Contribution Sy eenbedryf Die dikker bloed wen in 1948 die gesamentlike eerste prys in ’n eenbedryf-toneelwedstryd van die Federasie van Amateurtoneelverenigings van Suid-Afrika (FATSA). Dit word in 1948 in Gerhard J. Beukes se bundel Uitgesoekte eenbedrywe opgeneem. Hierdie drama behandel die impak wat die Tweede Wêreldoorlog en die politieke meningsverskil wat daaruit voortspruit, op die lewens van ’n gesin maak.
Hy skryf ook kortverhale en sketse en skryf die eerste boek oor gholf in Afrikaans, naamlik Gholf saam met die boere.
