Christian Johan Barnard (15 July 1939 – 28 December 2015), known as Chris Barnard, was a South African author and movie scriptwriter. He was known for writing Afrikaans novels, novellas, columns, youth novels, short stories, plays, radio dramas, film scripts and television dramas.

Biography

Barnard was born in Mataffin in the

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district of South Africa on 15 July 1939, and matriculated at in 1957. He majored in Afrikaans- Nederlands and History of Art at the University of Pretoria. In the 1960s he and several other authors were notable figures in the Afrikaans literary movement known as ''

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'' ("The Sixty-ers"). These writers sought to use Afrikaans as a language to speak against the apartheid government, and also to bring into Afrikaans literature the influence of contemporary English and French trends. During 1962 Barnard married his first wife, Anette, and together they produced three sons; Johan, Stephan and Tian. After divorcing his first wife in 1978, he married his second wife,

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. His fourth son, Simon, is born out of this marriage. Barnard's second novel, ''Mahala'', is considered an Afrikaans classic. He died on 28 December 2015 of a heart attack.

Works

Prose

*''Bekende onrus''; novel (1961) *''Die houtbeeld''; novella (1961) *''Boela van die blouwater''; youth novel (1962) *''Man in die middel''; novel (1963) *''Dwaal''; novella (1964) *''Die swanesang van majoor Sommer''; novella (1965) *''Duiwel-in-die-bos''; short stories (1968) *''Mahala''; novel (1971) *''Chriskras''; short stories and sketches (1972) *''Danda''; youth novel (1974) *''Chriskras: 'n tweede keur''; short stories and sketches (1976) *''Danda op Oudeur''; youth novel (1977) *''So onder deur die maan: Chriskras 3''; short stories and sketches (1985) *''Voetpad na Vergelegen''; youth novel (1987) *''Klopdisselboom – die beste van Chriskras''; short stories and sketches (1988) *''Moerland''; novel (1992) *''Boendoe''; novel (1999) *''Oulap se blou''; short stories (2008)

Plays and radio dramas

*''Pa, maak vir my 'n vlieër, Pa''; (1964) *n Stasie in die niet''; (1970) *''Die rebellie van Lafras Verwey''; (1971) *''Iemand om voor nag te sê''; (1975) *''Op die pad na Acapulco''; (1975) *n Man met vakansie''; (1977) *''Taraboemdery''; (1977)

Television and filmscripts

*''Die Transvaalse Laeveld: kamee van 'n kontrei''; (1975) *''Piet-my-vrou & Nagspel''; (1982) *''Bartho by geleentheid van sy sestigste verjaardag''; (1984) *''Die storie van Klara Viljee''; compiler and editor (1992) *''

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''; compiler and editor (1998)

Translated works

*''Boela van die blouwater'' translated into Dutch by Dieuwke Behrens *''Pa, maak vir my 'n vlieër, Pa'' translated into English by the author *''Die rebellie van Lafras Verwey'' translated into Dutch, French, English, Italian and Czech *''Mahala'' translated into

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by Griet van Schreven, and English by Luzette Strauss

Awards and honours

*1961

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; ''Bekende onrus'' *1962 APB Prize for youth literature; ''Boela van die blouwater'' *1968

; ''Duiwel-in-die-bos'' *1970 SABC/BRT Prize for radio dramas; ''Die rebellie van Lafras Verwey'' *1973

Hertzog Prize The Hertzog Prize (or Hertzogprys) is an annual award given to Afrikaans writers by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for the Sciences and Art), formerly the South African Academy for Language, Literature a ...

for prose; ''Mahala'' and ''Duiwel-in-die-bos'' *1973 SABC Academy Prize for radio dramas; ''Die rebellie van Lafras Verwey'' *1974 WA Hofmeyr Prize; ''Mahala'' *1980 Idem Prize for radio dramas; ''Die rebellie van Lafras Verwey'' *1984 Idem Prize for television dramas; ''Donkerhoek'' *1986 FAK-Helpmekaar Prize for light fiction; ''So onder deur die maan: Chriskras 3'' *1987 Idem Prize for radio dramas; ''Uitnodiging tot die dans'' *1987–89 Scheepers Prize for youth literature; ''Voetpad na Vergelegen'' *1991

for drama; For his complete drama ''

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'' *1992 WA Hofmeyr Prize; ''Moerland'' *1993 Rapport Prize; ''Moerland'' *1993

; ''Moerland'' *2006 ATKVeertjie for writer of episode 13 of ''Amalia'' *2008 ''SA Akademie's'' Medal of Honour for Afrikaans Radio Dramas; ''Blindemol'' *2013 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, shortlisted for ''Bundu'' (tr. Michiel Heyns; Afrikaans)

References

External links

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NB Publishers Author profileStar.co.za The top of the heap
– August 2006, Chris Barnard and Katinka Heyns at the

Aardklop Aardklop is an annual South African arts festival held in Potchefstroom, South Africa. Potchefstroom has always been a cultural city and home to several well-known South African writers and artists. The Aardklop National Arts Festival has been ...

Festival
KKNK – soul food for theatregoers
– February 2007, Chris Barnard's ''Twaalfuurwals'' features at the 2007

KKNK The Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (Afrikaans for ''Little Karoo National Arts Festival'' and usually abbreviated to ''KKNK'') is an Afrikaans language arts festival that takes place yearly in the South African town of Oudtshoorn. The festival i ...

iafrica.com KKNK's sweet sixteen
– February 2010, Chris Barnard features ''Taraboemdery'' at the 2010

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