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Michiel Heyns

Born

in Stellenbosch, South Africa

December 02, 1943

Website

http://www.michielheyns.co.za

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Literature & Fiction

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Michiel Heyns is a South African novelist, translator and literary critic. Until 2003, he was Professor of English Literature at the University of Stellenbosch when the success of his first novel allowed him to become a full-time writer. As an academic he is best known for his work on 19th and 20th century literature, especially his acclaimed study, Expulsion and the Nineteenth-Century Novel: The Scapegoat in English Realist Fiction (Oxford University Press, 1994).

In 2002 he made his debut as a novelist with the comic coming-of-age story, The Children's Day. This was followed by another novel of high comedy, The Reluctant Passenger (2003) which has since been translated into French. His subsequent novels have moved away from the South Afri ...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 2,575 ratings · 450 reviews · 34 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Typewriter's Tale 3.05 avg rating — 273 ratings — published 2005 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost Ground 3.94 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Children's Day by Michiel Heyns, A.L. Kennedy (Introduction) 3.91 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Poor Season for Whales 3.91 avg rating — 67 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reluctant Passenger 3.61 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invisible Furies 3.30 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Each Mortal Thing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 33 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sportful Malice 3.96 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bodies Politic 3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Verkeerdespruit 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“But philosophy is one thing, praxis is another.”
― Michiel Heyns, I am Pandarus

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“What is the reality of a drag queen? my stranger had asked. What indeed? I thought. What is the reality of any identity?”
― Michiel Heyns, I am Pandarus

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“Surely, if nature had intended us to be governed by our gonads, she wouldn’t have endowed us with an intellect.”
― Michiel Heyns, I am Pandarus

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Which book(s) would you like to read for Southern Africa (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland) in May/June 2018?

July's People by Nadine Gordimer

12 votes, 30.8%

Down Second Avenue: Growing Up in a South African Ghetto by Ezekiel Mphahlele

7 votes, 17.9%

When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head

6 votes, 15.4%

Lost Ground by Michiel Heyns

6 votes, 15.4%

The Heart of Redness by Zakes Mda

4 votes, 10.3%

A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn

2 votes, 5.1%

Little Suns by Zakes Mda

2 votes, 5.1%

Rachel's Blue by Zakes Mda

0 votes, 0.0%

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