Hammie

by Ronelda S. Kamfer

In haar eerlikste bundel nóg dig Ronelda S Kamfer oor die intieme en komplekse verhouding tussen ma en dogter. In Hammie verwerk die digter die verlies van haar ma deur outobiografiese gedigte – genuanseerde verse waarvan die toonaard melankolies en ook ontstellend is. Sy dig oor haar grootwordjare op die Kaapse Vlakte, oor Afrikaans, ras en klas, en oor moederskap, maar bowenal ontgin sy dít wat ongesê bly tussen ouers en kinders, tussen vriende en kennisse, tussen familielede. Met Hammie verwoord Kamfer meer as net die leefwêreld van ’n generasie of sy bevestig haar unieke, volwaardige digterstem in Afrikaans.

Genres: Poetry

93 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 1, 2016

About the author

Ronelda Kamfer is an Afrikaans-speaking South African poet.

She grew up with her grandparents, farm workers in Grabouw, in a region known for its orchards and vineyards, located a good sixty kilometers from Cape Town and its townships. She then returned to her parents, who, when she was 13, settled in Eersterivier, a suburb which had many social problems - poverty, violence, drugs, gang warfare. This experience profoundly marked her life and her writing.

She gained a bachelor's degree in 1999; she held various jobs: waitress, office worker, nurse, while writing and pursuing studies at the University of the Western Cape, where she obtained a Master of Letters (Afrikaans and Dutch ).

Kamfer first published in anthologies and magazines in South Africa and the Netherlands. Among the authors who influenced her, she mentions Derek Walcott, Charles Bukowski and Antjie Krog.

She is married to poet and comic-strip creator Nathan Trantraal; they have one child. (Source: Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Su E]

Ek moet ń opstel oor van die gedigte skryf en elke keer as ek daaraan werk huil ek. Een van die mees hartverskeurende en mooiste bundels ooit.

[Shikara Nel]

Bliksem. 😭😭😭😭😭