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SA lecturer becomes youngest recipient of prestigious Dutch literary award
By Robin-Lee Francke
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Cape Town – A lecturer at Stellenbosch University (SU) has become the youngest ever recipient of the PC Hooft prize, after being announced as the 2021 laureate of the prestigious Dutch literary award.
The language literary lifetime achievement award is named after 17th century Dutch poet and playwright Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft.
Established in 1948, initially as an award of the state, winners are selected from alternating categories: prose, essays and poetry.
Dr Alfred Schaffer received the prize for his poetry, with SU describing him as one of the most talented Dutch poets of his generation.