https://lifeandstyle.fm Herman Charles Bosman (1905 - October 14, 1951) was a South African writer and journalist who became famous for capturing the rhythms of backveld Afrikaans speech even though he wrote in English. He is widely regarded as the greatest short story writer to come out of South Africa. Many of his stories have a sting in the tail. He was born at Kuilsrivier, near Cape Town. While still young, his family moved to Johannesburg where he went to school at Jeppe Boys High School in Kensington. He was a contributor to the school magazine. When he was 16, he started writing amusing short stories for the national Sunday newspaper (the Sunday Times). He attended the University of the Witwatersrand submitting various pieces to student’s literary competitions. Upon graduating, he accepted a teaching position in the Groot Marico district. The area and the people inspired him and provided the background for his best stories; the ones about Oom Schalk Lourens and the Voorkamer sketches. (In Afrikaans, Oom is Uncle and a Voorkamer is literally the Front Room). During the school holidays in 1926, he returned to visit his family in Johannesburg. During an argument, he fired a rifle at his stepbrother and killed him. He was sentenced to death and moved to Death row at the Pretoria Central Prison. He was reprieved and sentenced to ten years with hard labour. In 1930, he was released on parole after serving half his sentence. His experiences formed the basis for one of his best known books, Cold Stone Jug. He then started his own printing press company and was part of a literary set in Johannesburg, associating with poets, journalists and writers. Needing a break, he then toured overseas for nine years, spending most of his time in London. The short stories that he wrote during this period formed the basis for another of his best-known books, Mafeking Road. Books en Sun, 23 Jan 2022 13:26:01 +0200 Wed, 21 Jan 1970 04:37:54 +0200 30 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss iono.fm 2.5.2.0 Radio Life & Style a4011003-d710-5422-88f6-b64fb2d2b628 no Herman Charles Bosman podcast Weekly feeds@iono.fm (Feed Manager) https://cdn.iono.fm/files/p2465/logo_6982_20250909_212840_1400.jpeg https://lifeandstyle.fm Herman Charles Bosman (1905 - October 14, 1951) was a South African writer and journalist who became famous for capturing the rhythms of backveld Afrikaans speech even though he wrote in English. Radio Life & Style episodic Radio Life & Style info@lifeandstyle.fm false ZA https://iono.fm/e/1158125 https://iono.fm/e/1158125
Then one day Manie Kruger read an article in the Kerkbode about a musician who said that he knew more about music than Napoleon did. After that having first read another article to find out who Napoleon was, Manie Kruger was charged, man. He could talk of nothing but his place in history and his musical career. ]]> Books Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:07:00 +0200 0 0 The Music Maker 0 0 Herman Charles Bosman full 10:44 Great South African Tales https://iono.fm/e/1155668 https://iono.fm/e/1155668
We read that Prinsloo's daughter, Grieta was due back from finishing school where she had gone to learn "English manners and dictation and other high-class subjects." All the young men in the district were invited to attend a dance at Prinsloo's farm. Schalk recalls that they were "all somewhat nervous to meet Grieta."
Greita's guile and the gullibility of the farmers in her area is what makes the story so humorous ]]> Books Mon, 14 Feb 2022 16:03:00 +0200 0 0 Willem Prinsloo's Peach Brandy 0 0 Herman Charles Bosman full 14:24 Great South African Tales https://iono.fm/e/1154162 https://iono.fm/e/1154162 Sadly this is not to be. ]]> Books Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:52:00 +0200 0 0 Peaches Ripening in the Sun 0 0 Herman Charles Bosman full 13:58 Great South African Tales https://iono.fm/e/1149379 https://iono.fm/e/1149379 He illustrates this by telling the achingly poignant story of Floris, the last of the van Barnevelds, and the son he lost in the second Boer war ]]> Books Thu, 27 Jan 2022 12:51:00 +0200 0 0 Mafeking Road 0 0 Herman Charles Bosman full 12:57 Great South African Tales https://iono.fm/e/1147770?v=5 https://iono.fm/e/1147770?v=5 Books Sun, 23 Jan 2022 13:26:00 +0200 0 0 In the Withaak's Shade 0 0 Herman Charles Bosman full 15:02 Great South African Tales