T. T. Cloete
BornTheunis Cloete
(1924-05-31)31 May 1924
Vredefort, Orange Free State
Died9 July 2015(2015-07-09) (aged 91)
Potchefstroom, South Africa
OccupationAcademic, poet
LanguageAfrikaans
NationalitySouth African
EducationHighschool Monument
Notable awardsIngrid Jonker Prize
Hertzog Prize
W.A. Hofmeyr Prize
Andrew Murray Prize
Website
ttcloete.com

Theunis Theodorus Cloete (31 May 1924 – 9 July 2015) was a South African Afrikaans poet, Bible translator, essayist and academic. In the 1970s he was involved in the revision of the ''Afrikaanse Kerkgesange'' and later in the 1993 translation of the Bible.[1] Cloete was linked to The University of Potchefstroom's (now North-West University) School of Language and Literature. He has won numerous literary awards, including the Ingrid Jonker Prize, W.A. Hofmeyr Prize, Hertzog Prize (twice) and the Andrew Murray Prize. Cloete mostly wrote under the penname T. Jansen van Rensburg (his grandfather's name) and published numerous of his poems in magazines under the penname to test the water before his 1980 debut Angelliera.

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Academic publications

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References

  1. ^ HAT Taal-en-feitegids, Pearson, December 2013, ISBN 978-1-77578-243-8
  2. ^ a b c d NB-Uitgewers: http://www.nb.co.za/authors/2338