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Karel Schoeman

4/5 ( ratings)

Born: October 25 1939

Died: 3030 04 20172017

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 , the CNA prize , the Helgaard Steyn prize , the W.A. Hofmeyr prize and the Old Mutual prize for literature/fiction . 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.

Karel Schoeman

4/5 ( ratings)

Born: October 25 1939

Died: 3030 04 20172017

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 , the CNA prize , the Helgaard Steyn prize , the W.A. Hofmeyr prize and the Old Mutual prize for literature/fiction . 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.

Books from Karel Schoeman

Hierdie lewe (Stemme, #2)

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3.7/5 ( ratings)

'n Ander land

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Die uur van die engel (Stemme, #3)

Verliesfontein (Stemme, #1)

3.3/5 ( ratings)

'n Lug vol helder wolke

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Slot van die dag: Gedagtes

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Die hemeltuin

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Die noorderlig

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Handelsryk in die Ooste: Die wereld van die VOC, 1619-1688 (Kolonie aan die Kaap 2)

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Skepelinge: aanloop tot ’n roman

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Om te sterwe

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Le Jardin céleste

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Cape Lives of the Eighteenth Century

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Afskeid en vertrek

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Promised Land

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Only An Anguish To Live Here: Olive Schreiner And The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Early White Travellers in the Transgariep, 1819-1840 (Vrijstatia)

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Stamland

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Afrika: 'n roman

3.6/5 ( ratings)