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Karel Schoeman was born on 26 October, 1939 in Trompsburg, Orange Free state, South Africa, is a writer. Discover Karel Schoeman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

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Occupation writer
Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 26 October 1939
Birthday 26 October
Birthplace Trompsburg, Orange Free state, South Africa
Date of death 1 May, 2017
Died Place Bloemfontein, South Africa
Nationality South Africa

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Karel Schoeman Net Worth

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1939

Born in 1939 in Trompsburg, South Africa, Karel Schoeman matriculated in 1956 from Paarl Boys' High School.

1959

In 1959, he obtained a BA degree in languages from the University of the Free State.

1961

In 1961, he joined the Franciscan Order in Ireland as a novice for the priesthood, but then returned to Bloemfontein to obtain a Higher Diploma in Library Studies.

1970

During the 1970s, he went into voluntary exile, working first as a librarian in Amsterdam and then as a nurse in Glasgow, Scotland.

1971

He won the most prestigious Afrikaans literary award, the Hertzog Prize, three times: in 1971 (for By Fakkellig, 'n Lug vol helder wolke and Spiraal), 1986 ('n Ander land) and in 1995 (Hierdie lewe). The Recht Malan Prize for "excellence in the field of non-fiction books" was awarded to him four times.

1972

His 1972 novel, Na die Geliefde Land (literally: To the Beloved Country), was made into an award-winning feature film, Promised Land in 2002, with a screenplay by Jason Xenopoulos.

1983

He returned to South Africa in 1983 and worked until his retirement in 1998 as an archivist at the South African National Library in Cape Town. He then returned to his town of birth, Trompsburg, where he lived for more than a decade before moving to Bloemfontein.

1999

On the retirement of President Nelson Mandela in 1999, Schoeman was one of only two writers to be awarded the State President Award: Order for Excellent Service.

2009

In more recent years, his fiction garnered much praise in France, winning inter alia the prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in 2009.

2017

In September 2008, he moved to the Noorderbloem retirement community, where he died on 1 May 2017. Schoeman is known not only as a novelist, but is equally renowned as an historian and biographer. He has also published translations (especially of drama), several travel books and an autobiography.