Biography
Danie Marais was born in 1971 in Kimberley, South Africa. He is the author of the Afrikaans poetry collection In Die Buitenste Ruimte (In the Outermost Space). He attended the University of Stellenbosch, where he earned his bachelor's degree. He studied teaching at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität in Oldenburg, Germany, where he majored in German, mathematics, and philosophy. His debut collection of poems received the Eugène Marais, Ingrid Jonker, and UJ Debut Prizes. In 2007, he was invited to the Poetry International Festival in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He also participated in Poetry Africa in Durban in 2007. Marais is currently a freelance journalist in Cape Town.
