M.M. Walters
M.M. Walters is an Afrikaans teacher, poet and playwright
Born Mattys Michielse Walters on 23 January 1929 in Moorreesburg, where he initially also went to school. voltooi sy skoolloopbaan aan die Hoër Jongenskool op Wellington in die Western Cape. Thereafter he studied at the Hugenote Universiteitskollege in Wellington before continuing his studies with the correrspndence university Unisa and the University of Cape Town, where he completed an MA degree in 1972.
He began work as a teacher in 1950, inter alia teaching in Natal, Cape Town and Ladismith, before being appointed a lecturer of Afrikaans at the teachers' training college in Graaff-Reinet in 1960, followed by stints at the Paarlse Onderwyskollege (Paarl Teachers' training college, 1967-1971) and the University of Cape Town (1972 till his retirement).
After his retirement he settled in Simonston, where he passed away on 28 July, 2020. He was married and the couple had two children.
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Biography
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Awards, etc
Sources
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp.
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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