Muller, Petra

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Biography

Petra Müller was born 1935 in Botrivier, South Africa. She is most well known for her collection Die Aandag Van Jou Oë (The Attention of Your Eyes), published in 2002 and subtitled “Poems for Love.” The collection explores love and the loss of her husband. She attended Stellenbosch University for her Bachelor of Arts in English and Afrikaans-Dutch in 1955. She began her working life as a journalist, but was forced to retire from the National Press when she was married and had children, during which time she wrote both prose and poetry. After her children were grown, she continued on to a lifelong career as a journalist, editor, and finally, editorial board member at Table Mountain Publishers. In 2005 she won the Herzog Prize for Afrikaans Poetry.

Sources Cited

“Petra Muller.” Poetry International. Accessed 25 June 22. <https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poets/poet/102-12681_Muller>.

“Petra Muller.” Stellenbosch Writers. Accessed 25 June 22. <http://www.stellenboschwriters.com/mullerpetra.html>.

“Petra Muller.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed 25 June 22. <https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra_M%C3%BCller>.

Section
Index of Poets
Given name
Petra
Last Name
Muller
Identifier
apdp.person.002415
Date of Birth
1935
Place of Birth (city)
South Africa, Botrivier
Region
Southern Africa
Place of Birth (country)
South Africa
Selected Works
Poetry
Obool, Cape Town, Tafelberg, 1977.
Patria, Cape Town, Tafelberg, 1979.
Liedere van land en see, Cape Town, Tafelberg, 1984.
My plek se naam is Waterval, Cape Town, Tafelberg,1987.
Swerfgesange vir Susan en ander, Cape Town,Tafelberg, 1997.
Die aandag van jou oë: gedigte vir die liefde, Cape Town, Tafelberg, 2002.
Night crossing, Cape Town, Tafelberg, 2006.

Short Story Collections
Werf in die rûens, Cape Town, Tafelberg, 1980.
Voëls van die hemel, Cape Town,Tafelberg, 1982.
Die dwerg van die Infanta en ander verhale, Cape Town, Tafelberg, 1993.
In die omtes van die hart, Cape Town, Tafelberg, 1995.
Desembers (saamgestel deur Rachelle Greeff), Cape Town, Tafelberg, 2007.

Novels
Verlore vallei, Johannesburg, Dagbreek-Boekkring, 1962.
Die windskerm, Cape Town, Human & Rousseau, 1963.

Children’s Books
Die kind van konings, Cape Town, John Malherbe, 1968.
Klein Wiek se groot pampoen, Cape Town, Tafelberg, 1980.
Reënboog vir Hannatjie, Cape Town, Tafelberg, 1990.

Novels published as Magriet Smalberger
Die elande van Kruisberg, Johannesburg, Dagbreek-Boekkring, 1963.
Hy wat die goud bring, Cape Town, Human & Rousseau, 1966.
Die koue vuur, Cape Town, Human & Rousseau, 1970.
Tant Madeleine se somer, Pretoria, Makro, 1974.
Die Magriet Smalberger-omnibus, Cape Town, Human & Rousseau, 1982.
Education
University of Stellenbosch
Place of Birth Latitude
-34.2273576
Place of Birth Longitude
19.1920314
Birth Decade
1930 – 1939