Daniël François MalherbeHome Your feedbackD F Malherbe1881 -- 1969Author of novels, plays and poemsDaniël François Malherbe was born on 28 May 1881, on the farm Kleinbosch in
Daljosafat near Paarl. He studied at Victoria College in
Stellenbosch (BA 1902). He continued his education in Germany (1902-1906), where he studied
German, French and English in Halle and Freiburg. In 1906 he obtained a
Dr phil, magna cum laude, with the thesis: Das Fremdwort im Reformationszeitalter.Back in South Africa, he joined the Tweede Taalbeweging (the second language movement) to fight for the recognition of Afrikaans as a
written language and gave a famous speech at Wellington: Is Afrikaans 'n dialek?He lectured at teachers' colleges in Wellington and Stellenbosch and was head
of the school at Carnavon (1907-1909). In 1910 he became professor of Modern
Languages (Dutch, German, French) at the Grey-University College in Bloemfontein and, in 1918, the very first
professor of Afrikaans of a South African university, (but also still teaching
modern languages until 1928). He was Rector of Grey-Universiteitskollege from
1929 until 1934 and retired to be a full-time writer in 1941. He was editor of Tydskrif vir Wetenskap en Kuns (1922-1939) and wrote book reviews and essays for various journals and
newspapers including Die Brandwag, Die Nuwe Brandwag and Die Huisgenoot.D F Malherbe died on 12 April 1969, at BloemfonteinAwards and Honours:Hertzog Prize for prose 1926, 1930 and 1939Academy Award 1933Stals Prize for Linguistics 1959Honorary member of SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns 1963F.A.K. Honorary Award 1968Doctor honoris causa, University of South Africa (Unisa)On the occasion of Malherbe's 60th birthday his colleagues and students
dedicated a book to him, D F Malherbe, die mens en sy kuns.Poetry:Karoo blommetjiesKlokgrassies 1914Vir vryheid (epical poem) 1916In rivier en veld 1922Somerdae 1928Brood op die weg 1939Novels:Vergeet nie 1913Die meulenaar 1926Hans-die-Skipper 1929Loutervure 1931Bybelromans: Hart van Moab 1933, Saul die worstelheld 1935 and Die profeet
1947Trekkertriologie: Die bergstroom ruis 1940, Vlam van die suurveld 1943 and En
die wawiele rol 1945Spore van Vleiland 1947Die skeur van vaalspruit 1952Plays:Meester 1917Koringboere 1921Die mense van Groenkloof 1925Op die trekpad1931Die seeman (adaptation of Hans-die-Skipper) 1933 Die meul dreun (adaptation of Die meulenaar) 1943Amrach, die tollenaar 1935Moeder en seun 1945 Abimelech 1948Die uur van die rooi maan en ander eenbedrywe 1950Hulle het 'n boom afgekap 1953 Sisera 1958Translations:Die skoonseun van meneer Poirier 1919, Wilhelm Tell (Schiller) 1944, Koopman
van Venesië (Shakespeare) 1949Academic books and compilations:Afrikaanse taalboek 1917, Afrikaanse letterkunde 1922, Afrikaanse verse I 1935, Afrikaanse verse II 1938,
Afrikaanse Spreekwoorde en verwante vorme 1925 Read also his CV (in Afrikaans) by A T Raubenheimer in: Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde te Leiden 1970-1971,
pag. 112-119 .www.StellenboschWriters.com © Rosemarie Breuer