{"id":2943,"date":"2024-06-12T08:16:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T08:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/libraryresearchnews\/?p=2943"},"modified":"2024-06-12T08:16:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T08:16:06","slug":"sundigital-sources-the-hennie-aucamp-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/libraryresearchnews\/2024\/06\/12\/sundigital-sources-the-hennie-aucamp-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"SUNDigital sources – The Hennie Aucamp collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hennie Aucamp (1934 \u2013 2014) was a well-known contemporary Afrikaans poet, short story writer, cabaretist and recipient of various Afrikaans literary and theatre awards. He was also a lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch from 1964 to 1994 and received an Honorary Doctorate in Literature from the University in 1999.<\/p>\n

Hennie Aucamp called himself an obsessive keeper of diaries as he started from the age of 14 and kept a diary till just before his death at 80 years old. He donated his valuable collection of documents in 2014 to the Special Collections division of the Library and Information Service. This collection (MS 147<\/a>) spread over 13 meters of document material consisting of correspondence, cabaret material, manuscripts, photos, and newspaper clippings.\u00a0 The documents include original manuscripts of his work and examples of different genres of Afrikaans literature<\/a>. Some of the documents and the index to the material are available on SUNDigital : Finding aids<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This collection is often used for research, from questions about the title of a book, cabaret, song, and translations of his poems, to peer-reviewed articles, books, and masters and PhD studies.<\/p>\n

For more information visit his collection and Special Collections library guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Author: Marieta Buys<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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