Dan Sleigh
Daniel Sleigh is a South African novelist who writes in Afrikaans. He was born on the farm Geelbeksfontein on the West Coast on 3 November 1938. He matriculated at Vredenburg High School and then joined the South African Navy. Until 1962, he studied at the Paarl Training College to become a Physical Education teacher, after which he taught in Namibia and Cape Town. In 1969 he completed his BA Degree in History and English Literature at the University of South Africa (UNISA). Sleigh then completed a MA Degree cum laude, followed by a Doctorate in History in 1987  at the University of Stellenbosch. Until his retirement in 1996, Sleigh worked at the Western Cape Department of Education. He made his literary debut in 1974 with the volume of poetry entitled "Duif oor water". This was followed by historical works for young people, like "Die buiteposte" and "Tussen twee vlae". In 2001 he won the Sanlam/Insig/Tafelberg Competition for his novel Eilande. This novel was later also awarded the WA Hofmeyr, RAU, M-Net and Helgaard Steyn Prizes. List of published works. Poetry 1971 "Duif oor water", Tafelberg Prose: novels 1972 "Die nege-maande-mars", Tafelberg 1973 "’n  Man om te hardloop", Tafelberg 1977 "Sersant Barodien, Kaapse Korps", Tafelberg 1978 "’n Kanon vir Barbier", Tafelberg 1979 "Vryburger Tas", Tafelberg 2002 "Eilande", Tafelberg 2010 "Afstande", Tafelberg 2011 "Wals met Matilda", Tafelberg Prose: youth novels 1974 "Tussen twee vlae", Tafelberg 1975 "Onder die bittervaan", Tafelberg 1976 "Anselm en die jut", Van der Walt Non-fiction 1978 "Jan Kompanjie: die wêreld van die Verenigde Oos-Indiese Kompanjie", Tafelberg 1979 "Ruiters teen die Ryk", Nasou 1988 "The Huguenots" (with AJ Grant and Ronald Mayo), Maskew Miller Longman 1993 "Die buiteposte", HAUM 1996 "The Forts of the Liesbeeck Frontier", Castle Military Museum 1999  The Ride Against an Empire, Castle Military Museum Translations "Eilande" (2002) into English ("Islands", 2004) and Dutch ("Stemmen uit zee", 2004) "Afstande" (2010) into Dutch ("De lange tocht", 2011)