T.T. Cloete
T.T. Cloete (1924–2015) was an Afrikaans poet, playwright, Bible translator, essayist, critic, and academic.
He also wrote poetry and other works under the nom de plume of T. Jansen van Rensburg.
Biography
Born Theunis Theodorus Cloete in Vredefort in the Orange Free State,
Most of his working career was spent in the University of Potchefstroom's (now North-West University) School of Language and Literature. Besides numerous academic publications, essays and criticism, he became involved in the revision of the Afrikaanse Kerkgesange in the 1970s and in the 1993 translation of the Bible. Important academic writing (also on drama) is contained in collections he co-edited, such as Die Afrikaanse literatuur sedert sestig (with A.P. Grové, J.P. Smuts and Elize Botha, 1980), Gids by die literatuurstudie (with Elize Botha and Charles Malan, 1985) and
Literêre terme en teorieë (with Hein Viljoen, Leon Strydom, Heilna du Plooy and Anne-Marie Bosschoff, 1992).
In 1980 he made his debut as poet under his own name with the collection Angelliera.
He died in Potchefstroom on 9 July, 2015.
Play
1986 Onderhoud met ’n bobbejaan
Academic contributions include
Editor and co-editor[edit]
Vyfling, 1966
Die Afrikaanse literatuur sedert sestig (together with A.P. Grové, J.P. Smuts and Elize Botha), 1980 Gids by die literatuurstudie (together with Elize Botha and Charles Malan), 1985 Literêre terme en teorieë (together with Hein Viljoen, Leon Strydom, Heilnadu Plooy and Anne-Marie Bosschoff), 1992
