Pieter-Dirk Uys
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Wissenswertes
- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Uys, Pieter-Dirk
- Andere Namen
- Bezuidenhout, Evita
- Geburtstag
- 1945-09-28
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- South Africa
- Geburtsort
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Wohnorte
- Darling, South Africa
- Berufe
- satirist
Playwright
ambassador
author
social activist - Beziehungen
- Bezuidenhout, Evita (alter ego)
Mitglieder
Rezensionen
Statistikseite
- Werke
- 18
- Mitglieder
- 83
- Beliebtheit
- #218,811
- Bewertung
- 3.4
- Rezensionen
- 4
- ISBNs
- 27
- Sprachen
- 3
Something that he doesn't boast about, but which comes over very clearly in the writing is Uys's ability to create a character in a few words - just have a look at his sketches of the local kids in the opening and closing chapters of this book. It's a trick, of course, and it must be a skill you need to learn when you're writing for the theatre or for newspaper columns, but it still impresses me every time. Uys may not claim to be an Afrikaans Rudyard Kipling or P.G. Wodehouse, but he does share at least one thing with them!… (mehr)