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Utrecht University.
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Christiaan Heever
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Counted among the Dertigers, van den Heever is noted for his most famous novels: Somer ("Summer") and Laat vrugte ("Late Fruits"). Van den Heever studied at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein and the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. Upon his return to South Africa, he gained a teaching position at the University of the Free State.
After completing his dissertation on the poet Totius, he finished his academic career at Witwatersrand University.
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1957 (aged 55) -
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South Africa
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Hertzog Prize
The Hertzog Prize or Hertzogprys is an annual award given to Afrikaans-language writers by the South African Academy for the Sciences and Arts, formerly the South African Academy for Language, Literature and Arts.The Hertzog Prize or Hertzogprys is an annual award given to Afrikaans-language writers by the South African Academy for the Sciences and Arts, formerly the South African Academy for Language, Literature and Arts.