François Bloemhof (born 15 September 1962), is a South African author, playwright, composer, copywriter and film reviewer.
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He writes mostly in Afrikaans and has won a number of prizes for his work.
François Bloemhof | |
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Born | Paarl, South Africa | September 15, 1962
Pen name | Leo Bekker |
Occupation | Author, Playwright, Composer, Copywriter, Film reviewer |
Nationality | South African |
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Bloemhof was born in the town of Paarl in the Cape Province, South Africa. In 1991, he won the De Kat Prize for Die Nag Het Net Een a Gothic novel set in a small rural community. The work is a thriller with supernatural and more conventional dramatic elements. Koue soen, his second novel, was a finalist in the 1994 Sanlam/De Kat/Kuns op Een novel competition and was shortlisted for the M-Net prize. He has received four ATKV children's book awards and the Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature, and was a finalist in the 2007 MML literature awards. More than 300 of his short stories, mostly written under pseudonyms, have appeared in magazines. He lives in Durbanville and is a part-time copywriter, translator and editor.
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