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C.M. van den Heever


Born
in Cape Province, South Africa
February 27, 1902

Died
July 08, 1957


Christiaan Maurits van den Heever, almost universally known C.M. van den Heever (27 February 1902 in the concentration camp near Norvalspont in Cape Province, now Northern Cape Province, South Africa – 8 July 1957), was an Afrikaans-language novelist, poet, essayist, and biographer.

Van den Heever studied at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein and the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. Upon his return to South Africa, he gained a teaching position at the University of the Free State. After completing his dissertation on the poet Totius, he finished his academic career at Witwatersrand University.

Counted among the Dertigers, van den Heever is noted for his most famous novels: Somer ("Summer") and Laat vrugte ("Late Fruits"
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Average rating: 3.6 · 53 ratings · 2 reviews · 22 distinct worksSimilar authors
Laat Vrugte

3.45 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1940 — 6 editions
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Somer (Geannoteer) (Afrikaa...

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Laat Vrugte (Geannoteer) (A...

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Somer

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1938 — 2 editions
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Op die plaas

2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1935
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Laat Vrugte

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Droogte

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Nooit!

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Kromburg

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1937
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“In verskillende mooi ontwikkelde persoonlikhede, indiwiduele bevoegdhede in die gemeenskap, kom die dieper skeppingskrag van die lewe, die universele vormingskrag tot persoonlike uiting; en omdat ons Afrikaners nie in 'n kleurlose benede-kultuurlikheid wil bly wegskuil nie, maar ons kultuur-persoonlikheid tot die volheid van sy ontwikkeling wil bring, hier binne ons geografiese grense, daarom wil ons 'n eie Afrikaanse kultuur hê, nie 'n nageaapte vorm-dooie ding, 'n vliesdun vel wat ons oor die geraamte van 'n Wes-Europese land se beskawingsvorm getrek het nie, maar 'n eie, vollewende skepping wat die tekens van ons ervaring, ons geskiedenis dra.”
C.M. van den Heever, Die Afrikaanse gedagte