Anna M. Louw
(1913-2003) was a journalist, novelist and dramatist.
Biography
She was born Anna Margaretha Louw on the farm, Soetwater, near Calvinia. She studied English,
Afrikaans
,
Dutch
, German, French and Psychology at
Stellenbosch University
for her BA degree. She accompanied her husband, L. A. Hurst, to New York, where they lived for two years. At the University of Columbia she took courses in Journalism and Drawing.
Back in South Africa Anna studied at the
University of Cape Town
(BSocSc). She started writing soon afterwards, when married to her second husband, Gerhard Bassel. They undertook extensive travels through Europe.
Her husband died in 1990. Anna M. Louw died on 12 June, 2003, at Rondebosch, Cape Town.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Her plays include the one-act plays
Goud
and
Die Beskermengel
, and
Oom Kolie Gee Raad
(a comedy in three acts),
Seun van die Daeraad
and
Die Strydperk
(nominated for the
SACPAC
drama prize 1984, 1985, but was apparently not published).
A radio play,
Twee Broeders Reis Saam
, was published in
Hoorspelkeur
Tafelberg
1983.
Her novel,
Die Voortreflike Familie Smit
("The excellent family Smit") was adapted as a film in 1965 and later also adapted as a TV series.
Sources
https://www.litnet.co.za/anna-m-louw-1913-2003/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_M._Louw
SACat
, A union catalogue of items held by Southern African libraries.
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_voortreflike_familie_Smit
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