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Dorothea van Zyl, Hero of the US Woordfees
1. - 10. March - US Woordfees 2013: Chronologiese program
Fotoblad: US Woordfees 2013
Klaus Breuer
1968 - 2013
In memoriam
We wish to thank our friends for alleviating our pain with their sympathy and very kind messages. - The Breuer family

Una van der Spuy
My Favourite Plants
20 July 1912 - 16 July 2012
Una van der Spuy was the creator of a world famous garden at her homestead Oude Nectar.
Piet Grobler lost his wife Marietjie and 10 year old daughter Catherina in a road accident near Pretoria on 25 July 2012.
Francois Verster in Bolander: Geliefde Piet se verlies tref ons ook (pdf)
Pieter W. Grobbelaar
Pieter Willem Grobbelaar
25 December 1930 - 19 January 2013
Bun Booyens and P W Grobbelaar
Met die elmboë op die tafel: twee groot geeste (Read the article pdf)
Bun Booyens and Pieter W. Grobbelaar
by Francois Verster, February 2013
Freda Linde
1915 - 2013

Photo by Philip de Vos
passed away peacefully on 7 March 2013

Authors of the day:

2012 Media24 Books Literary Awards
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media24 foto by Alwyn van Zyl
Photos by Alwyn van Zyl
Michiel Heyns was awarded the Herman Charles Bosman Prize 2012 for best English fiction and the Sunday Times Literary Award 2012 for his novel Lost Ground.
Dan Sleigh: WA Hofmeyr Prize for best Afrikaans fiction 2012 for Wals met Matilda

Marjorie van Heerden
received the MER Prize for Best Illustrated Book 2012:
Goblin diaries - Apprenticed to the Red Witch
by Alex D'Angelo
Jan Visagie
Genealogist of the Year 2012
Ingrid Winterbach wins
the C.L. Engelbrecht Prize for Literature 2012 for
Die boek van toeval en toeverlaat

Sonja Loots wins
Eugène Marais Prize 2012 for Sirkusboere Temple Hauptfleisch in 2011
Temple Hauptfleisch is the founder and general editor of
ESAT: The Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre and Performance
Carina Diedericks-Hugo received the ATKV-Children's book award 2012 (Standard 8 - 10) for Permanente ink
www.WOORDFEES.co.za :
2. - 11. Maart 2012

Philip de Vos, Dorothea van Zyl, Hennie Aucamp
Photo by Izak de Vries
Find more Woordfees photos in his his blog.

Authors of the day:

Louis Esterhuizen received the Protea Prize 2011 for Wat die water onthou	Doctor honoris causa of Stellenbosch University: Detlev Kröger, a world leader in the field of air-cooled heat exchangers and cooling towers	Wilna Adriaanse's book, Vier Seisoene Kind was awarded an 'ATKV-Woordveertjie' 2011 for best romance novels.
Photo by Izak de Vries Melt Myburgh wins the Ingrid Jonker Prize 2011 for Oewerbestaan	Ingrid Winterbach wins M-Net Literary Award 2011 for Die Benederyk	Wine legend, Dave Hughes wine writer and wine ambassador has been honoured by the South African Port Producers' Association (SAPPA) for his contribution to building the image of Port in South Africa and internationally. Read more
Marlene van Niekerk received The PanSALB Multilingualism Awards 2011 for Afrikaans literacy and for the advancement of Afrikaans and The Order of Ikhamanga (silber) Her new play, Die Kortstondige Raklewe van Anastasia W was opened on 13 April 2011 in Stellenbosch and won the Anglo-Gold Ashanti Smeltkroes Price for best new text and the Aartvark Award for innovative work.	Mhlobo Jadezweni received the PANSALB award 2011 for the promotion of Xhosa language and literature	Lina Spies was awarded the Academy Prize 2011 for the (first complete) translation of Anne Frank's Diaries: Die agterhuis Photo by Izak de Vries

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Marjorie van Heerden received the MER Prize for Best Illustrated Book 2012: Goblin diaries - Apprenticed to the Red Witch by Alex D'Angelo	Jan Visagie Genealogist of the Year 2012	Ingrid Winterbach wins the C.L. Engelbrecht Prize for Literature 2012 for Die boek van toeval en toeverlaat
Sonja Loots wins Eugène Marais Prize 2012 for Sirkusboere	Temple Hauptfleisch is the founder and general editor of ESAT: The Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre and Performance	Carina Diedericks-Hugo received the ATKV-Children's book award 2012 (Standard 8 - 10) for Permanente ink