VER IN DIE WÊRELD

223pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2023

23 South African writers on the experience of living aboard. Includes fiction and autobiographical writings.

Contributors include Eben Venter, Marita van der Vyver, Zirk van den Berg and Chris Karsten.

Frederik de Jager has worked as a language teacher, editor and publisher, has written articles and reviews, produced TV programmes and been a selector and judge for various literary awards. He is involved in writing schools, both in South Africa and on the island of Lesbos, where he now lives. He is the author of Man Op 'n Fiets Êrens Heen, 55 stories van mense onderweg (winner of the 2022 UJ Debut Prize and Eugène Marais Prize).