Kobus Geldenhuys Explained

Kobus Geldenhuys
Nationality:South African
Occupation:scriptwriter and translator of children's literature into Afrikaans

Kobus Geldenhuys is a South African scriptwriter and translator of children's literature into Afrikaans, including titles by J. K. Rowling, C. S. Lewis, Roald Dahl, Michael Morpurgo, David Walliams and Cressida Cowell.[1] [2] In 2016 he won the Alba Bouwer Prize for his translation of Morpurgo's Why the Whales Came as Hoekom die walvisse gekom het.[3] He has also translated Tove Jansson.[4]

Geldenhuys has translated two books by Jaco Jacobs from Afrikaans into English: A Good Day for Climbing Trees (nominated for the 2019 CILIP Carnegie Medal) and A Good Night for Shooting Zombies.[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.vrouekeur.co.za/nuus-vermaak/ons-gesels-met-kobus-geldenhuys Ons gesels met Kobus Geldenhuys
  2. Johannes Meyer, Jonglesersindruk: Karre en kroeks deur David Walliams (vertaal deur Kobus Geldenhuys), LitNet, 12 July 2019.
  3. [Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns|Die Raad van die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]
  4. Haidee Kruger, Postcolonial Polysystems: The Production and Reception of Translated Children's Literature in South Africa (John Benjamins Publishing, 2012), pp. 283-286.
  5. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-78607-317-4 A Good Day for Climbing Trees

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