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A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985

Pretorius, S. J. 'Sarel Jacob'

Biography

South Africa
Birth date: 1917-01-07
Birth location: Postmasburg, South Africa
Death date: 1995-01-01
Sarel Jacob Pretorius was born in 1917 in South Africa; he was an Afrikaans poet who published 15 collections in his lifetime. In 1947, he became a journliast and worked as the co-editor of a magazine in Johannesburg. In 1948, Pretorius worked as a translator at the South African Broadcasting Corporation, translating dramas into Afrikaans. https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarel_Jacob_Pretorius

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  • North-West University

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