Intimate Enemies: A Discussion with Marlene van Niekerk and Michiel Heyns about Agaat and its Translation into English

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Abstract

Interview with Marlene van Niekerk and Michiel Heyns

Author Biography

Leon de Kock, University of the Witwatersrand

Leon de Kock is Professor and Head of School, School of Literature and Language Studies, University of the Witwatersrand. He is the author of many articles on postcoloniality, cultural politics, literary historiography, and translation. His books include Civilising Barbarians (monograph), South Africa in the Global Imaginary (co-edited and co-authored selection of essays), Verborge skatte (Herman Charles Bosman in Afrikaans, compiler and editor) and two literary translations, Marlene van Niekerk’s Triomf and Etienne van Heerden’s In stede van die liefde (forthcoming as Slideout). He is also the author of two volumes of poetry, Bloodsong (1997) and Gone to the Edges (2006).

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2009-01-09

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de Kock, Leon. 2009. “Intimate Enemies: A Discussion With Marlene Van Niekerk and Michiel Heyns about Agaat and Its Translation into English ”. Journal of Literary Studies 25 (3):136-51. https://unisapressjournals.co.za/index.php/jls/article/view/12441.

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Vol. 25 No. 3 (2009): “Om kommunikasie op gang te kry”: Die begin en einde van Marlene van Niekerk se oeuvre

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Opinion Piece

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