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Poet Name: Opperman, Diederik Johannes 'D. J.'
Given Name: Diederik Johannes
Last Name: Opperman
Date of Birth: 29 September 1914
Biography: D. J. Opperman was an Afrikaans poet born in 1914 in South Africa. eOpperman was awarded the Hertzog prize for poetry in 1947 for his collection "Holy cattle." From 1960 to 1975 he was a professor of Afrikaans at Stellenbosch University, where he also served on the editorial board of the publication "Standpunte."

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Education: University of Natal
News Items: Power of the Pen in Exile: The Times Profile, Breyten Breytenbach; A New Look in Writing
Works: Blom en baaierd; Joernaal van Jorik; Heilige Beeste; Engel uit die klip; Komas uit 'n bamboesstok
Close Relationships: Lessing, Doris; Schreiner, Olive; Smit, Hettie; Brink, André Philippus; Bosman, Herman Charles; Livingstone, Douglas; Eppel, John; Louw, W. E. G.; van den Heever, C. M.; Jacobson, Dan; Millin, Sarah Gertrude; Abrahams, Peter; Biko, Bantu Stephen 'Steve'; Gwala, Mafika Pascal; Woods, Donald James; Gordimer, Nadine; Smith, Pauline Janet; Schuitema, Barend; Morton, Do; FitzPatrick, James Percy; van Bruggen, Jochem; Breytenbach, Breyten; Eybers, Elisabeth Françoise; Delius, Anthony 'Ronald St. Martin'; van den Heever, Toon; Blum, Peter; Marais, Eugène Nielen; Plomer, William; Watermeyer, Gottfried Andreas 'G. A.'; Butler, Guy; Pringle, Thomas; Pretorius, S. J. 'Sarel Jacob'; Madge, Charles Henry; Currey, Ralph Nixon 'R. N.'; Leipoldt, C. Louis 'Christian Frederik Louis'; Paton, Alan; Vanwyk Louw, Nicholaas Petrus; Wright, David; Campbell, Roy; Rousseau, Ina; Kunene, Mazisi 'Raymond'; Philander, P. J. 'Peter John'; Krige, Uys; van Heerden, Ernst; MacNab, Roy; Couzyn, Jeni; Celliers, Jan; Slater, Francis Carey 'F. C.'
Place of Birth: South Africa, Dundee
Spatial Coverage: Dundee
Region: Southern Africa
Type: Poets in the News