Do people still write books, poems (digbundels) and such? Will there ever be people like Lina Spies and Bettie Naude again?
2007-09-30 19:50:09 · 9 answers · asked by Porgie 7 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ South Africa
Yes. As far as Afrikaans goes, there're plenty of good current writers and poets. Look for Jeanne Goosen's "Ons is nie almal so nie," Breytenbach's "Windvanger," although he had said that he would never write in Afrikaans again. Don't forget Marita van Der Vyfer, Nini Bennett-"Stoornis," etc. etc. These writers are all still alive and constantly contributing to the growing Afrikaans literature market. Just go to your nearest bookshop and you'll be surprised at what new Afr. authors/poets are doing.
2007-10-02 03:18:33 · answer #1 · answered by nadia v 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's what I had been asking myself........unlike me, you are intelligent enough to ask other people.......... I grew up reading invigorating material......whether it be fiction or not .......the problem is that from the early nineties, almost everyone wanted to be politically correct or infamous...... most of all material went political....... that's a big yawn...... but I've noticed that there is a growing number of young people who are going back to the writing non-political books...... the number is still very low, comparatively speaking......... but they are making some visible mark.... the only question is whether they would ever reach the level of the past in terms of richness of thought.........
In the midst of apartheid, and despite that I was still very young, I could still have time to read a very good South African book....... that died with the new political dawn ..... granted, there are global changes but I still believe that literature should not take a back seat......... a nation that doesn't read is doomed.......but a nation without good writers should expect rapid extinction!!!!!
.... a good question, Porgie....it deserves a star.
2007-09-30 20:08:36 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The leading white clique seem to have lost their cause celebre and are a bit lost or confused. African culture is still too young to deal with harsh realities. If an alternative ideology is not forced upon society, I trust a rich native literature will emerge. I look at Nigeria as an example.
2007-09-30 20:14:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think that most of the people the same as me and that is the reason why i gave up reading poems and short stories
Because every single poem or short story you get these days is about so poor guy or woman suffering in the apartheid era
How little rights they had, how badly they were treated etc
I mean it has to stop somewhere, get over it
It is over and done with move on with your life live for the future stop living and drooling in the past
2007-09-30 23:05:49 · answer #4 · answered by SAgirl 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've noticed that there are interesting old books written by South Africans. But like Ayiza says, people prefer to read magzines and surf the net.
2007-09-30 21:05:29 · answer #5 · answered by Unathi 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I love reading and earlier i enjoyed poems but lately it is just not worth it so i read the Afrikaans story books as well as English, the Condensed Books and other popular writers
2007-09-30 21:32:37 · answer #6 · answered by cheri 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I love reading and have to say that it's a shame that almost every piece of literature I've read has been from international authors.
2007-09-30 21:02:29 · answer #7 · answered by MB1810 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
People still write.
Its just that less people read.
I only read newspapers, margazines and internet articles.
2007-09-30 20:09:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
iet ies stil ilaaif ien de boekehuis ien melville
2007-10-01 00:53:21 · answer #9 · answered by gerkie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋