{"id":782,"date":"2020-10-18T22:42:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T22:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.helgaardsteynpryse.co.za\/?p=782"},"modified":"2024-02-22T23:51:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T23:51:32","slug":"pg-du-plessis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.helgaardsteynpryse.co.za\/eng\/pg-du-plessis\/","title":{"rendered":"PG du Plessis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PieterGeorg(PG)duPlessiswasborninBoshofinthe Free State on 14 July 1934. He matriculated at the Ho\u00ebr Volkskool in Heidelberg. In 1955 he obtained a B.A. degree (Afrikaans-Nederlands and History) from the University of Pretoria. In 1966 Du Plessis obtained his doctorate on Die verwysing in die literatuur<\/i> under NP van Wyk Louw. He became a director at the HSRC, chief sub-editor at the magazine Standpunte, assistant editor of the daily newspaper Die Transvaler and editor of Hoofstad.<\/p>\n

His first drama, Die nag van Legio<\/i>, was released in 1969. He received the Hertzog Prize for Drama in 1972 for Die nag van Legio<\/i> and Siener in die suburbs<\/i>. He also became known for Ko\u00f6perasiestories<\/i>, that was reworked as a TV series. He was the screenwriter for the TV series Feast of the uninvited<\/i>, which he later reworked into a novel Fees van die ongenooides<\/i> that appeared in 2008. Du Plessis currently lives on his farm near Rysmierbult in North- West Province.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Points of interest<\/i><\/h3>\n

Siener in die suburbs<\/i> was performed in the 1970s with Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo,\nDon Lambrecht and Louis van Niekerk in the leading roles. Later it was also reworked for radio and television. In 2002 Siener<\/i> was performed at the KKNK, directed by Chris Vorster.<\/p>\n

Du Plessis and Jan Spies were the\npresenters of the popular TV programme\nSpies en Plessie ... met permissie<\/i>.<\/p>\n

He founded his own film company in 1987 and\nwrote the screenplays of films such as Nag van die negentiende, Liewe hemel, Genis and Ko\u00f6perasiestories: die moewie<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Inthelastfewyearshisplays,suchas Nagkantoor and Sophia Mentz beredder haar boedel<\/i>, were performed nationwide.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Publications<\/i><\/h3>\n

LITERARY CRITICISM<\/strong><\/h4>\n

1968<\/strong> Die verwysing in die literatuur<\/i><\/h4>\n

PLAYS<\/strong><\/h4>\n

1969<\/strong> Die nag van legio<\/i><\/h4>\n

1971<\/strong> Siener in die suburbs<\/i><\/h4>\n

1973<\/strong> Plaston: DNS-kind<\/i><\/h4>\n

1977<\/strong> \u2019n Seder val in Waterkloof<\/i><\/h4>\n

1985<\/strong> Vereeniging, Vereeniging<\/i><\/h4>\n

PROSE: SHORT STORIES<\/b><\/h4>\n

1980<\/strong> Ko\u00f6perasiestories op Donderdag<\/i><\/h4>\n

1983<\/strong> Hier sit die manne \u2026<\/i><\/h4>\n

1985<\/strong> Nog ko\u00f6perasiestories<\/i><\/h4>\n

1991<\/strong> Ko\u00f6perasiestories: die omnibus<\/i><\/h4>\n

1997<\/strong> Tussen die riewe<\/i><\/h4>\n

1998<\/strong> Tweehonderd stories<\/i><\/h4>\n

2006<\/strong> 120+ sommerstories<\/i><\/h4>\n

2009<\/strong> Kortetjies en \u2018n lange<\/i><\/h4>\n

PROSE: SKETCHES<\/b><\/h4>\n

1987<\/strong> Het olifante elmbo\u00eb?<\/i><\/h4>\n

1993<\/strong> Neklis<\/i><\/h4>\n

PROSE: NOVELS<\/strong><\/h4>\n

1998<\/strong> The Married Man\u2019s Guide to Adultery: A Study of Adulterations<\/i><\/h4>\n

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Other awards<\/i><\/h3>\n

1970<\/strong> W.A. Hofmeyr Prize \u2013 Die nag van legio\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/h4>\n

1971<\/strong> CNA Prize \u2013 Siener in die suburbs\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/h4>\n

1972<\/strong> Hertzog Prize for Drama - Die nag van legio <\/i>and Siener in die suburbs\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/h4>\n

1973<\/strong> W.A. Hofmeyr Prize \u2013 Siener in die suburbs\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/h4>\n

1988<\/strong> FAK Prize for Light Fiction \u2013 Het olifante elmbo\u00eb?<\/i><\/h4>\n

2002<\/strong> Insig Afrikaans Onbeperk Pioniers Prize\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

2007<\/strong> ATKV Television Prize for Best Script\n\u2013 for the TV series Dryfsand<\/i><\/h4>\n

2009<\/strong> ATKV Prize (Prose) \u2013 Fees van die ongenooides\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Translations<\/i><\/h3>\n

1969<\/strong> Die nag van legio<\/i> - English (My name is Legion)<\/i><\/h4>\n

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PG du Plessis received the Helgaard Steyn Award for his highly successful Boer War novel Fees van die ongenooides<\/i>. It was regarded by the judging panel as the best work that was written in the preceding four years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The novel is about the ups and downs of an extended Free State family, the Van Wyks, during the Boer War. This war is still regarded and remembered as important in the collective psyche of South Africans. The novel is not the typical story of the Boer War, as its focus is on the unusual and unfamiliar facets of the war history, especially the way it is told, giving a certain view on the given facts of history.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Du Plessis se styl is vlot en onderhoudend \u2013 hy vertel immers \u2019n hoogs emosionele verhaal \u2013 en hy doen dit met die nodige dramatiese flair.\nMarina le Roux, Die Burger (2008)<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":537,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-letterkunde","category-vorige-wenners"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.helgaardsteynpryse.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PG-du-Plessis-CMYK-e1603060910556.jpeg?fit=300%2C332&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helgaardsteynpryse.co.za\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helgaardsteynpryse.co.za\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helgaardsteynpryse.co.za\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helgaardsteynpryse.co.za\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helgaardsteynpryse.co.za\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.helgaardsteynpryse.co.za\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":787,"href":"https:\/\/www.helgaardsteynpryse.co.za\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions\/787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helgaardsteynpryse.co.za\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helgaardsteynpryse.co.za\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helgaardsteynpryse.co.za\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helgaardsteynpryse.co.za\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}