Author: Etienne

Visiting the Kamdebo, South Africa, for research. In the background: Toorberg (see Ancestral Voices).

The online community www.litnet.co.za (which includes peer-reviewed accredited academic research published in LitNet’s node LitNet Akademies) received an ATKV feather for “exceptional contribution to the art of the word”. Here founder-editor Etienne van Heerden receives the “Veertjie” (Feather) from Japie Gouws, executive director of the ATKV. Photo: Naomi Bruwer

Novelist and architect Yewande Omotoso at Etienne van Heerden’s Master Class in Creative Writing, UCT; “The Writer as Architect”.

Pieter-Dirk Uys as Pieter-Dirk Uys. At Etienne van Heerden’s Master Class in Creative Writing, UCT; “The Writer as Satirist”.

The great Athol Fugard offered a Master Class in Etienne van Heerden’s MA Creative Writing seminar series, UCT.

Lien Botha (Wonderboom) and Debbie Loots (Split). Both developed their novels working with Etienne van Heerden as supervisor in the University of Cape Town’s Creative Writing programme. Both published by NB Publishers, 2015.

Etienne van Heerden was runner-up in the Great Novel Competition. The first prize of R200 000 went to Dan Sleigh for his manuscript Die laaste goeie man. The novels will be published later this year or in 2016.

TOORWOORDE (10:30 Sat 25 July) starts with a screening of the Karoo documentary (which also features Deon Meyer). Then there’s loads of time to kuier with Etienne van Heerden and Coenie de Villiers, good friends and extraordinary creative talents. E-book on cradockfestivbalbookins@gmail.com.

“Each of us had a dream,” singer-writer Koos Kombuis writes in Paul Roos Gymnasium 150, a publication marking the 150th year of this Stellenbosch school. Here, wearing a school cap, he sits with old classmate Etienne van Heerden during a visit back to the school. Etienne van Heerden contributed an essay to the book as well.