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About
From the cover blurb:
“Postmodernisme en Prosa[: Vertelstrategieë in vyf verhale van Abraham H. de Vries] is die eerste omvattende boek in Afrikaans oor die postmodernisme. Dit bied ‘n historiese oorsig oor die verskilende standpunte rondom die omstrede begrip postmodernisme. Die aard van die ‘postmodernisme’ se verhouding tot die voorafgaande kultuurstroming – die modernisme – word ondersoek en die onstaansgeskiedenis van die term ‘postmodernisme’ word teruggevoer na sy wortels – onder meer na die Amerikaanse ‘counterculture’ van die jare sestig. Besondere aandag word gewy aan Suid-Afrikaanse debatte oor die verhouding tussen woord en wêreld en die verantwoordelikheid van die skrywer binne ‘n selfbewuste sosioliterêre klimaat.”
About the Author
From the author’s website:
“Etienne van Heerden has published 28 books, some edited, and contributed to more than 65 anthologies worldwide. His books are published in 12 languages, namely Afrikaans, Russian, Greek , Hebrew, French, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Danish, English, Dutch and German. Apart from books, his writing includes essays and journalism on culture and politics published worldwide in journals, magazines, leading newspapers and other publications.
He has won all the major South African literary awards, some more than once, e.g. the Hertzog Prize (twice), the CNA Literary Award (twice), the ATKV Award (five times), the Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award, the WA Hofmeyr Prize for Afrikaans Fiction (five times) the M-Net Literary Award (twice), the Eugène Marais Prize, the Rapport Prize for Fiction, the University of Johannesburg Prize for Literature and others. He also received the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival Pioneer Award as recognition for his work on language, literature and the electronic media, as well as the Financial Mail J&B Young Achievers Award. He received the Insig Afrikaans Unlimited Award in 2000.
Several TV documentaries about his life and work have been produced and aired […]”
