KNAPSEKÊRELS

141pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2017

A debut collection of poems by Akrikaans playwright Pieter Fourie.

"Dis lank sedert daar 'n digter met soveel onverdrote ywer met die volkstaal omgegaan het. Ons ken die hardnekkige knapsekêrels wat aan mens se klere of kouse vassit. By Pieter Fourie is dit die taal self wat so hardnekkig bly klou. Gaandeweg ontplooi die digter ook ander betekenisse, ander maniere waarop die titel gelees of verstaan moet word. "Knapsekêrels" is 'n stimulerende, uitdagende teks. Die taalregister wat betrek word is wyd - en so ook die emosionele register." Johann de Lange, author of the poetry collections "Akwarelle van die Dors" and "Wordende Naak".

Pieter Fourie was born on 3 April 1940 in Philipolis. From 1967 until 1987 he was Artistic Director at CAPAB. In 2003 he was awarded the Hertzog Prize for all his published plays up to that date. His plays include "Faan se Trein","Ek, Anna van Wyk," "Mooi Maria", "Die Koggelaar" "Koggelmanderman" and "Die Groot Wit Roos".