Die Laaste Afrikaanse Boek: Outobiografiese Aantekeninge by Karel Schoeman
Die Laaste Afrikaanse Boek: Outobiografiese Aantekeninge by Karel Schoeman(Afrikaans)
Hardcover, ISBN 9780798142304
Publisher: Human & Rousseau, Cape Town, 2002 First Edition.
Used – Like new. This book is in an excellent condition. The cover have some very slight signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains perfect. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover.
Uit outobiografiese aantekeninge wat Karel Schoeman begin maak het nadat hy met sy aftrede kom woon het op die dorp waar hy gebore is, en sporadiese dagboekaantekeninge uit dieselfde tyd, het 'n uitsonderlike geskrif ontstaan wat op beeldende en omvattende wyse gestalte gee aan sy lewe, sy werk en sy tyd, en wat volgens hom na alle waarskynlikheid sy laaste boek sal wees. Die boek bevat 'n swart-wit fotoseksie.
Schoeman is one of a handful of Afrikaans authors who has achieved real greatness in his own lifetime. His prizes include the Hertzog prize for prose three times (1970, 1986, 1995), the CNA prize (1972), the Helgaard Steyn prize (1988), the W.A. Hofmeyr prize and the Old Mutual prize for literature/fiction (1984, 1991). His work investigates the existence of the Afrikaner in Africa, especially those that came from Europe.
After completing his schooling in Paarl, he went on to study a B.A. at the University of the Free State before going to a Catholic Seminary in Pretoria. In 1961 he joined the Franciscan Order in Ireland as a noviciate for priesthood, but then returned to Bloemfontein to continue studying Librarianship. Before returning to South Africa for good in 1983, he was a librarian in Amsterdam as well as a nurse in Glasgow. Back in South Africa he continued writing and working as a librarian in Cape Town. He currently lives in Trompsburg.
