Christiaan Mathys Bakkes (born 3 August 1965, in
Vredenburg
Vredenburg is a town of the Cape West Coast in the Western Cape province of South Africa. "Vrede" is Afrikaans for peace. It is the transportation and commercial hub of the West Coast area and administrative centre of the Saldanha Bay Local Muni ...
, South Africa) is a South African writer. He is the son of Cas and
Margaret Bakkes
Margaret Bakkes (14 December 1931 – 29 June 2016) was a South African writer.
She was married to historian Cas Bakkes, and was the mother of four children: C. Johan Bakkes, Marius, Matilde, and Christiaan Bakkes, two of whom—Johannes an ...
and the brother of Marius, Matilde and
Casparus. He is married to Marcia Ann Fargnoli, an environmental lawyer.
He received a National Diploma in Nature Conservation and led an anti-poaching unit as part of his military service. For a time he worked as a game ranger in the
Kruger National Park
Kruger National Park is a South African National Park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers an area of in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends from north to south and from ea ...
, where during the early 1990s he was required to be involved in elephant culling,
a practice to which he developed ethical objections. In 1994 he suffered serious injury inside the park in a crocodile attack. Hereafter he commenced a new career in the Damaraland desert, where he acted as guide and conservation official for ''
Wilderness Safaris
Wilderness Safaris is an ecotourism operator, headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana. It operates camps and mobile safaris across six countries: Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Known for its ongoing conservation work, the comp ...
''.
Titles of Published Works
*1998- Die Lang Pad van Stoffel Mathysen. -Novel. Selected as setworks for Afrikaans first language, Grade 10 Gauteng.
*2000- Stoffel in die Wilderness. -Short Stories.
*2002- Skuilplek. – Novel.
*2004- Stoffel by die Afdraai Pad. -Short Stories. Shortlisted for the M Net Prize for short stories – 2005.
*2007- Stoffel se Veldnotas. -Short Stories.
*2008- In Bushveld and Desert.A Ranger's Life. -Short Stories. Selection translated into English.
*2010- Stoffel in Afrika. -Short Stories.
*2012- Bushveld,Desert and Dogs. -Short Stories. Selection translated into English.
*2012- Stoffel op Safari. -Short Stories.
*2014- Krokodil aan my Skouer. -Novel.
*2016- Beste Stories. -Short Stories. Previously Published.
*2018- Plunderwoestyn. -Novel.
References
External links
Christiaan Bakkes
NB Publishers
Picture of Christiaan Bakkes and his wife Marcia Fargnoli
1965 births
Living people
South African writers
Place of birth missing (living people)
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