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[[D.F.Malherbe]] (1881-1969) was an [[Afrikaans]] novelist, poet, playwright, translator, fiery activist for [[Afrikaans]] and first professor of [[Afrikaans]] in South Africa.  
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[[D.F. Malherbe]] (1881-1969) was an [[Afrikaans]] novelist, poet, playwright, translator, fiery activist for [[Afrikaans]] and first professor of [[Afrikaans]] in South Africa.  
  
 
Born [[Daniel François Malherbe]] in **
 
Born [[Daniel François Malherbe]] in **

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D.F. Malherbe (1881-1969) was an Afrikaans novelist, poet, playwright, translator, fiery activist for Afrikaans and first professor of Afrikaans in South Africa.

Born Daniel François Malherbe in **


Appointed the first professor of Afrikaans in South Africa at the Grey University College) in Bloemfotnein. *** A member of the Bloemfontein Onze Taal from 1910 onwards.


As playwright, he wrote a number of plays, including Koringboere (1926?*), Meester (1929?*), Die Meul Dreun (19*), Op die Trekpad (1931) **, . Translated The Merchant of Venice (As Die Koopman van Venesië, 19**),

He co-wrote Die Geheime Bloemfontein-Konferensie tussen President Kruger en Sir Alfred Milner 31 Mei-6 Junie 1899 with W.J.B. Pienaar (1938).


As an actor, he performed in some plays for the GUK Dramatic Society , including his own Meester in 1929, a production he also directed.

[TH, JH]

Sources

Du Toit, 1988


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