DROOMWERK

70pp., illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2023

Winner of the 2021 ATKV Woordveertjie for best new Afrikaans play.

Petrus dreams about his ancestors in a psychiatric hospital. Can he bring about healing in his family, or is he unable to tell dream from reality?

"Die drama sluit aan by 'n brandende hedendaagse Suid-Afrikaanse diskoers waaroor nog nie naastenby uitgepraat is die, naamlik ons begrip van ons kollektiewe (en individuele) verlede en aandadigheid om ons hier en now te verstaan." Marina Griebenow, Theo Kemp and Ilse Oppelt, ATKV-Woordveertjie-paneel

Poet and playwright Pieter Odendaal's debut poetry collection, asof geen berge ooit hier gewoon het nie, was awarded the 2019 Ingrid Jonker Prize. He was the executive director of InZync Poetry from 2015-2019 at Stellenbosch University. Odendaal was an Andrew W. Mellon writer in residence at UCKAR in 2021. He currently teaches Creative Writing at North West University in Potchefstroom.