LC control no. | n 88650136 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | PT6592.32.A54 |
Personal name heading | Van Niekerk, Dolf |
Variant(s) | Niekerk, Dolf van Van Niekerk, Rudolf Johannes |
Associated place | Pretoria (South Africa) |
Birth date | 1929-02-22 |
Place of birth | Edenburg (South Africa) |
Found in | nuc87-106838: His Kort lewe vanʼn reisiger, 1979 (hdg. on CLU rept.: Van Niekerk, Dolf; usage: Dolf van Niekerk) South African Nat. Bibl., 20 Jan. 1999 (hdg.: Van Niekerk, Dolf, 1929- ; full name: Rudolf Johannes) LC data base, 7/19/88 (hdg.: Van Niekerk, Dolf) NB Publishers WWW site, September 16, 2015 Authors (Rudolf Johannes van Niekerk (Dolf) was born on 22 February 1929 in Edenburg in the Free State. He joined the SABC in 1950 as a radio presenter and director. In 1957 he became a radio official at the Department of Agriculture's radio service, where he later became the head of the radio service. He completed an MA Degree in philosophical studies with honours at the University of Pretoria in 1967. In 1978 he became the director of the Agriculture Information Directorate, where he remained until his retirement in 1994. He made his writing debut in 1953 in the literary magazine Standpunte. After this, he began writing prose, as well as various works for radio which included dramas and serial broadcasts. His first book, Gannavlei, was published in 1958) <http://www.nb.co.za/authors/255> |
Associated language | afr |