1. Antjie Krog was born on 1952 and is a South African writer and academic, best known for her Afrikaans poetry, her reporting on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and her 1998 book Country of My Skull.
16 Facts About Antjie Krog
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Antjie Krog grew up on a farm in Kroonstad, Orange Free State.
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Antjie Krog has a BA from the University of the Orange Free State, an MA in Afrikaans from the University of Pretoria, and a teaching diploma from the University of South Africa.
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Antjie Krog was invited to read a poem at a "Free Mandela" rally in the township of Maokeng.
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In 1993, Antjie Krog became editor of a now-defunct Afrikaans current-affairs journal, Die Suid-Afrikaan.
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Antjie Krog led the radio team that covered the Truth and Reconciliation Commission from 1996 to 1998, and her reporting during this period became the basis of her second prose work, Country of My Skull.
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Antjie Krog translated Nelson Mandela's biography, Long Walk to Freedom, into Afrikaans.
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Antjie Krog was writer-in-residence at the Dutch Foundation for Literature in early 2019, at Ghent University in 2020, and at Leiden University in autumn 2021.
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Antjie Krog published her first book of verse, Dogter van Jefta, in 1970.
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Antjie Krog's poetry is often autobiographical, involving reflections on love and the responsibilities of artists, and since the 1980s has often dealt with racial and gender politics.
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Antjie Krog has won two Hertzog Prizes and several other national awards.
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Antjie Krog's poetry has been translated into English, Dutch, French, and several other languages.
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Antjie Krog's theme is a large one: historical experience in the South Africa of her lifetime.
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Antjie Krog is best known for her book Country of My Skull, which is based on her experiences reporting on the TRC.
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Antjie Krog strongly denied the allegations, saying that she had not been aware of the Hughes essay until after she had published Country of My Skull, and that she had properly credited her sources in Die sterre se 'tsau'.
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Antjie Krog has been awarded honorary doctorates from the Tavistock Clinic at the University of East London, the University of Stellenbosch, the University of the Free State, and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.