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Born Coenraad Frederik Rudolph on 24 June 1919 in Standerton (in the Eastern Transvaal, currently known as Mpumalanga), he grew up on the farm Kaalspruit. He obtained his early schooling at the small farm school at Kaalspruit and completed high school at Standerton Hoërskool. | Born Coenraad Frederik Rudolph on 24 June 1919 in Standerton (in the Eastern Transvaal, currently known as Mpumalanga), he grew up on the farm Kaalspruit. He obtained his early schooling at the small farm school at Kaalspruit and completed high school at Standerton Hoërskool. | ||
| − | He | + | He went on to train as teacher at the Pretoria Onderwyskollege, ontaining a teacher's diploma, then completed a BA at the University of Pretoria and in 1956 die M.A. degree (cum lauda). |
| − | + | In 1946 he began teaching, initially as English teacher in Nigel, but then switched to Afrikaans teacher in Groblersdal. In 1952 he was appointed as a lecturer in, and later head of, the [[Afrikaans]] Departement at the Pretoria Teachers' Training College (Pretoria Onderwyskollege in [[Afrikaans]]), becoming influential in the field of teaching methodology, especially on issues of communication and literary texts, become ng involved in compiling a number of handbooks for language teaching. | |
| − | He was married to playwright [[Anna Rudolph]]. | + | Over the years he was the founder and co-editor of the educational journal ''[[Klasgids]]'' ("class guide") in 1965 and from 1966 tot 1972 the editor of the journal ''[[Tydskrif vir Letterkunde]]''. |
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| + | He was married to composer, playwright and author [[Anna Rudolph]] (néé [[Anna Lemmer Badenhorst Swart]]) of Lydenburg, with whom he had three daughters and a son - all of them musical. Anna Rudolph word veral bekend as komponis van kinderliedjies, maar skryf self ook dramas en verhale. The family often performed together and cut a number long playing records of their performances. | ||
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| + | [[Coenie Rudolph]] died on 9 September 1981 in Pretoria. | ||
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
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Coenie Rudolph (1919-1981) was a teacher of Afrikaans, editor of various journals, a poet and playwright.
Also known as Coenraad Frederik Rudolph or C.F. Rudolph
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Biography
Born Coenraad Frederik Rudolph on 24 June 1919 in Standerton (in the Eastern Transvaal, currently known as Mpumalanga), he grew up on the farm Kaalspruit. He obtained his early schooling at the small farm school at Kaalspruit and completed high school at Standerton Hoërskool.
He went on to train as teacher at the Pretoria Onderwyskollege, ontaining a teacher's diploma, then completed a BA at the University of Pretoria and in 1956 die M.A. degree (cum lauda).
In 1946 he began teaching, initially as English teacher in Nigel, but then switched to Afrikaans teacher in Groblersdal. In 1952 he was appointed as a lecturer in, and later head of, the Afrikaans Departement at the Pretoria Teachers' Training College (Pretoria Onderwyskollege in Afrikaans), becoming influential in the field of teaching methodology, especially on issues of communication and literary texts, become ng involved in compiling a number of handbooks for language teaching.
Over the years he was the founder and co-editor of the educational journal Klasgids ("class guide") in 1965 and from 1966 tot 1972 the editor of the journal Tydskrif vir Letterkunde.
He was married to composer, playwright and author Anna Rudolph (néé Anna Lemmer Badenhorst Swart) of Lydenburg, with whom he had three daughters and a son - all of them musical. Anna Rudolph word veral bekend as komponis van kinderliedjies, maar skryf self ook dramas en verhale. The family often performed together and cut a number long playing records of their performances.
Coenie Rudolph died on 9 September 1981 in Pretoria.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Particularly wrote musicals and once act plays, and in the 1960s he and his wife were encouraged DALRO to produce works for schools and amateur groups.
Among the works co-written by him are The silver umbrella (1970),
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