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Susan Bloemhof's series of paintings of writers such as Wilma Stockenström, Breyten Breytenbach and others will from part of the group exhibition Uitdagend skeppend at the Breytenbach Gallery, Wellington, 15 September to 19 October 2017.
Susan Bloemhof’s series of paintings of writers such as Wilma Stockenström, Breyten Breytenbach and others will from part of the group exhibition Uitdagend skeppend at the Breytenbach Gallery, Wellington, 15 September to 19 October 2017.
Etienne van Heerden with Belgian literary critic Ludo Teeuwen
Van Heerden with Belgian literary critic Ludo Teeuwen
Conference ‘Conflict, Reason and Reconciliation’. With Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela (author of A Human Being Died that Night), Albie Sachs, and Robi Damelin, International Relations Director, The Parents Circle (Bereaved Parents), Israel and Palestine, from Tel Aviv
Conflict, Reason and Reconciliation Conference. Van Heerden with Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela (author of A Human Being Died that Night), Albie Sachs, and Robi Damelin, International Relations Director, The Parents Circle Families Forum, Israel and Palestine, from Tel Aviv.
Researching upcoming novel on the canals of Amsterdam. With Maurice Jorissen, member of Amsterdam Handhawing.
Van Heerden researching upcoming novel on the canals of Amsterdam. With Maurice Jorissen, member of Amsterdam Handhawing.
Research trip to Budapest, Hungary
Research trip to Budapest, Hungary.
In the refurbished Zuid-Afrikahuis, Amsterdam, two days before the official opening. With Bun Booyens, editor of Cape daily Die Burger.
Van Heerden in the refurbished Zuid-Afrikahuis, Amsterdam, two days before the official opening. With Bun Booyens, editor of Cape daily Die Burger.
Visiting, with daughters Imke and Menán, Olive Schreiner’s grave on Buffelskop, Cradock, South Africa.
Van Heerden visiting, with daughters Imke and Menán, Olive Schreiner’s grave on Buffelskop, Cradock, South Africa.
Visiting the Kamdebo, South Africa, for research.=
Van Heerden visiting the Kamdebo, South Africa, for research
With interviewer Bettine Vriesekoop, after interview on OBA Live, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Van Heerden with interviewer Bettine Vriesekoop, after interview on OBA Live, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Signing Klimtol for a reader in Boekhandel De Zondvloed, Mechelen, Belgium
Van Heerden signing Klimtol for a reader in Boekhandel De Zondvloed, Mechelen, Belgium.
Before a presentation at Forum, Sittard, organized by Boekwinkel Krings with writers Kirby van der Merwe, Irma Joubert, Sonja Loots, Etienne van Heerden and Marita van der Vyver
Before a presentation at Forum, Sittard, organised by Boekwinkel Krings with writers Kirby van der Merwe, Irma Joubert, Sonja Loots, Etienne van Heerden and Marita van der Vyver.
Interview with Tineke de Nooij
Interview with Tineke de Nooij.
Interview in Boekhandel De Zondvloed, Mechelen, Belgium, with Brussel FM’s DJ Kim Ponsaerts, and South African novelist Marita van der Vyver
Van Heerden being interviewed in Boekhandel De Zondvloed, Mechelen, Belgium, with Brussel FM’s DJ Kim Ponsaerts, and South African novelist Marita van der Vyver.
Being interviewed by Ingrid Glorie in restaurant Viva Afrika, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Van Heerden being interviewed by Ingrid Glorie in restaurant Viva Afrika, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
The guest house at 42 Market Street, Cradock, named after Etienne van Heerden.
The guest house at 42 Market Street, Cradock, named after Etienne van Heerden.
Lunch meeting with the DBNL’s Cees Klapwijk in Den Haag, Netherlands
Van Heerden’s lunch meeting with the DBNL’s Cees Klapwijk in Den Haag, Netherlands.
Dutch publisher Joost Nijsen (Podium Publishers, Amsterdam) with Etienne van Heerden’s 1964 Coca-Cola yo-yo and the Dutch edition of Klimtol.
Dutch publisher Joost Nijsen (Podium Publishers, Amsterdam) with Etienne van Heerden’s 1964 Coca-Cola yo-yo and the Dutch edition of Klimtol.
Shop window of Boekwinkel H. de Vries, Haarlem
Shop window of Boekwinkel H. de Vries, Haarlem
Etienne van Heerden during research trip in Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Etienne van Heerden during research trip in Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Etienne van Heerden visited Hong Kong for research on a new novel.
Etienne van Heerden visited Hong Kong for research on a new novel.
Etienne van Heerden visited Hong Kong for research on a new novel.
Etienne van Heerden visited Hong Kong for research on a new novel.
In Kowloon, Hong Kong, on a research trip.
In Kowloon, Hong Kong, on a research trip.
Etienne van Heerden in London
Etienne van Heerden in London
Etienne van Heerden visited Hong Kong for research on a new novel.
Etienne van Heerden visited Hong Kong for research on a new novel.
Etienne van Heerden (WA Hofmeyr Award), SA Partridge (MER Award), Dominique Botha (Jan Rabie Rapport Award), Linda Rhode (MER Award) and Irina Filatova (Recht Malan Award)
Etienne van Heerden (WA Hofmeyr Award), SA Partridge (MER Award), Dominique Botha (Jan Rabie Rapport Award), Linda Rhode (MER Award) and Irina Filatova (Recht Malan Award)
With organiser Darryl David at the Schreiner Festival, Victoria Manor, Cradock, 2010.
With organiser Darryl David at the Schreiner Festival, Victoria Manor, Cradock, 2010.
With publisher Kerneels Breytenbach, journalist Dana Snyman, Kaia van Heerden and editor of Die Burger, Bun Booyens, at a World Cup soccer game, Cape Town, 2010.
With publisher Kerneels Breytenbach, journalist Dana Snyman, Kaia van Heerden and editor of Die Burger, Bun Booyens, at a World Cup soccer game, Cape Town, 2010.
With fellow South African novelist Eben Venter at the Boekbedonnerd Literary Festival.
With fellow South African novelist Eben Venter at the Boekbedonnerd Literary Festival.
With fellow South African writer Deon Meyer.
With fellow South African writer Deon Meyer.
With sculptor Paul Boekkooi, Nieu-Bethesda, and his interpretation of the angel in The Long Silence of Mario Salviati, 2010.
With sculptor Paul Boekkooi, Nieu-Bethesda, and his interpretation of the angel in The Long Silence of Mario Salviati, 2010.
Receiving the WA Hofmeyr Award for 30 Nagte in Amsterdam, 2009.
Receiving the WA Hofmeyr Award for 30 Nagte in Amsterdam, 2009.
Receiving the M-Net Literary Award for 30 Nagte in Amsterdam, 2009.
Receiving the M-Net Literary Award for 30 Nagte in Amsterdam, 2009.
With poet Uys Krige, Onrust River, South Africa, during the '80s.
With poet Uys Krige, Onrust River, South Africa, during the ’80s.
In Vienna with South African authors Achmat Dangor, Marita van der Vyver and Johnny Masilela and Dutch authors Henk van Woerden and Alfred Schaffer.
In Vienna with South African authors Achmat Dangor, Marita van der Vyver and Johnny Masilela and Dutch authors Henk van Woerden and Alfred Schaffer.
With literary fathers Jan Rabie (left) and Etienne Leroux (far right), Onrust River, South Africa, 1982
With literary fathers Jan Rabie (left) and Etienne Leroux (far right), Onrust River, South Africa, 1982.
In Times Square, New York, 2003, during the USA book tour for The Long Silence of Mario Salviati.
In Times Square, New York, 2003, during the USA book tour for The Long Silence of Mario Salviati.
With Kaia and their daughters on a ski slope in Switzerland.
With Kaia and their daughters on a ski slope in Switzerland.
With school friends Dawie (Vaatjie) de Villiers and Koos Kombuis, December 2003.
With school friends Dawie (Vaatjie) de Villiers and Koos Kombuis, December 2003.
With school friends Dawie (Vaatjie) de Villiers and Koos Kombuis (now a famous singer) at Hermanus, 1973.
With school friends Dawie (Vaatjie) de Villiers and Koos Kombuis (now a famous singer) in Hermanus, 1973.
With fellow writers in Washington, USA, in the late ’80s.
With fellow writers in Washington, USA, in the late ’80s.
With Zimbabwean novelist Chenjerai Hove near Fort Hare, Eastern Cape, South Africa (note the ostrich between us). Chenjerai is now in exile in Amsterdam.
With Zimbabwean novelist Chenjerai Hove near Fort Hare, Eastern Cape, South Africa (note the ostrich between them). Chenjerai is now in exile in Amsterdam.
A villa in the Karoo.
A villa in the Karoo.
A concrete reservoir in the Karoo.
A concrete reservoir in the Karoo.
In the Camel Yard of the late Helen Martins's Owl House, Nieu-Bethesda. She is regarded as a prominent outsider artist. When Van Heerden was a child and visited his grandmother in Nieu-Bethesda, he was often warned not to talk to "the witch".
In the Camel Yard of the late Helen Martins’s Owl House, Nieu-Bethesda. She is regarded as a prominent outsider artist. When Van Heerden was a child and visited his grandmother in Nieu-Bethesda, he was often warned not to talk to “the witch”.
With photographer Obie Oberholzer in his Grahamstown home.
With photographer Obie Oberholzer in his Grahamstown home.
Sunrise in the hills behind Prince Albert in the Karoo. Yearsonend, the village in The Long Silence of Mario Salviati, is of a similar nature.
Sunrise in the hills behind Prince Albert in the Karoo. Yearsonend, the village in The Long Silence of Mario Salviati, is of a similar nature.
Sunrise in the Karoo.
Sunrise in the Karoo.
With Dutch journalist and philosopher Michael Zeeman, The Hague, Netherlands.
With Dutch journalist and philosopher Michael Zeeman, The Hague, Netherlands.
On the set of the local soapie 7de laan during the TV launch of 30 Nagte in Amsterdam.
On the set of the local soapie 7de laan during the TV launch of 30 Nagte in Amsterdam.
With his best friend, Abel.
With his best friend, Abel.
In front of the Olive Schreiner Museum, Cradock, with historian Paul Murray, who assists Van Heerden with research for his novels.
In front of the Olive Schreiner Museum, Cradock, with historian Paul Murray, who assists Van Heerden with research for his novels.
Etienne van Heerden as part of the South African Earth Hour promotion.
Etienne van Heerden as part of the South African Earth Hour promotion.
With Johnny Theunissen, the "mayor" of Matjiesfontein, which features in In stede van die liefde.
With Johnny Theunissen, the “mayor” of Matjiesfontein, which features in In stede van die liefde.
In Namibia.
In Namibia.
With his wife, Kaia, at Lake Zurich, Switzerland.
With his wife, Kaia, at Lake Zurich, Switzerland.
With Iranian writer Kader Abdolah during the Winternachten (Winter Nights) festival, The Hague, 2002.
With Iranian writer Kader Abdolah during the Winternachten (Winter Nights) festival, The Hague, 2002.
With Zimbabwean poet Chirikure Chirikure and Nigerian novelist Festus Iayi, Iowa City, 1993.
With Zimbabwean poet Chirikure Chirikure and Nigerian novelist Festus Iayi, Iowa City, 1993.
At the Remembering the Future conference at the House of World Culture, Berlin, Germany, 1996.
At the Remembering the Future conference at the House of World Culture, Berlin, Germany, 1996.
With Zimbabwean poet Chirikure Chirikure, his wife, Niji Osundare, a Nigerian poet, and Nigerian novelist Festus Iyayi, Harare, 1998.
With Zimbabwean poet Chirikure Chirikure, his wife, Niji Osundare, a Nigerian poet, and Nigerian novelist Festus Iyayi, Harare, 1998.
With Dutch poet Alfred Schaffer in Vienna during the Literature and Migration conference in December 2002, hosted by the University of Vienna. Alfred was a post-doctoral researcher in Van Heerden's Department at the university.
With Dutch poet Alfred Schaffer in Vienna during the Literature and Migration conference in December 2002, hosted by the University of Vienna. Alfred was a post-doctoral researcher in Van Heerden’s Department at the university.
With his wife, Kaia (far right), South African singer Koos Kombuis and cabaret diva Amanda Strydom, at the Klein Karoo Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn, 1999.
With his wife, Kaia (far right), South African singer Koos Kombuis and cabaret diva Amanda Strydom, at the Klein Karoo Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn, 1999.
With his wife, Kaia, and Judge Wilfred Cooper, who was the advocate of Dimitrios Tsafendas, the man who assassinated Dr HF Verwoerd ("the architect of Apartheid"). At the launch of Casspirs and Campari's at the Cape Town Waterfront, 1988.
With his wife, Kaia, and Judge Wilfred Cooper, who was the advocate of Dimitrios Tsafendas, the man who assassinated Dr HF Verwoerd (“the architect of Apartheid”). At the launch of Casspirs and Campari’s at the Cape Town Waterfront, 1988.
With Nigerian author Kole Omotosho in Harare, 1998
With Nigerian author Kole Omotosho in Harare, 1998
With fellow Afrikaans writers and academics Hein Willemse, Vernie February, Neville Alexander and Larry Pokpas at the historic Language and Identity conference, Leiden, Netherlands, 1992. This conference renewed cultural contacts after the cultural boycott of the eighties.
With fellow Afrikaans writers and academics Hein Willemse, Vernie February, Neville Alexander and Larry Pokpas at the historic Language and Identity conference, Leiden, Netherlands, 1992. This conference renewed cultural contacts after the cultural boycott of the eighties.
With novelist André P. Brink at the Victoria Falls Conference with the then still banned ANC, Zimbabwe, 1989. They had to slip out of the country secretly for this safari.
With novelist André P. Brink at the Victoria Falls Conference with the then still banned ANC, Zimbabwe, 1989. They had to slip out of the country secretly for this safari.
The lucerne fields of Kikuyu. Olive Schreiner lies buried on the mountains to the right.
The lucerne fields of Kikuyu. Olive Schreiner lies buried on the mountains to the right.

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  • Reading from ‘Gebeente’
  • Promotional video clip for the upcoming Italian version of ‘The Long Silence of Mario Salviati’
  • ‘Die Burger’: Afrikaans word só elders bevorder
  • ‘The Long Silence of Mario Salviati’ to be published in Italian
  • The third LitNet Tuishuise Writer in Residence: Ruhan Fourie
  • Annual Etienne van Heerden Veldsoirée in Nxuba/Cradock: 25 to 27 July 2025
  • Vyf grotes in die Hertzogprys-kryt
  • Gebeente nominated for the Hertzog Prize for Literature
  • Panel at the KKNK (report on Network24)
  • Panel at the KKNK

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