Afrikaans literature

Afrikaans literature

Afrikaans literature is literature written in Afrikaans – especially since the standardization of the Afrikaans language from 14 August 1875 to the beginning of the twentieth century.

ee also

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*Hertzog Prize – award for Afrikaans literature
*Sestigers – group of influential 1960s Afrikaans writers.


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