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Daniel François Roodt was born on 26 May 1957 in the mining town of Springs, east of Johannesburg. His father was an accountant but with strong literary interests and his maternal grandfather was an amateur poet. Also on his mother's side, his great grandfather fought on the Boer side during the Second War for Independence (Second Anglo-Boer War) and was wounded in the battle of Rooiwal on 12 April 1902. He kept a war diary, Met ryperd en Mauser (With horse and Mauser), which was later published. |
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From an early age, Roodt was an avid reader. He attended the Laerskool Christiaan Beyers in Springs where he also became head boy. His high school years were spent at the Hoër Seunskool Helpmekaar, the most famous Afrikaans school in Johannesburg where he took Afrikaans, English, Mathematics, Science, Biology, Latin and some French. As an athlete, he excelled in the high jump and became a provincial champion who participated in the junior South African championship in Bloemfontein. |
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After his matric or school-leaving examination in 1974, Roodt enrolled at the university of the Witwatersrand, also in Johannesburg. |
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Dan Roodt is an Afrikaans writer from South Africa. He is one of the most prominent authors, intellectuals and commentators of his generation. Among his most recent works are a novel, Moltrein (2004), a book of essays, Aweregs (2006), as well as a political polemic in English, The Scourge of the ANC (2005).
Childhood and education
Daniel François Roodt was born on 26 May 1957 in the mining town of Springs, east of Johannesburg. His father was an accountant but with strong literary interests and his maternal grandfather was an amateur poet. Also on his mother's side, his great grandfather fought on the Boer side during the Second War for Independence (Second Anglo-Boer War) and was wounded in the battle of Rooiwal on 12 April 1902. He kept a war diary, Met ryperd en Mauser (With horse and Mauser), which was later published.
From an early age, Roodt was an avid reader. He attended the Laerskool Christiaan Beyers in Springs where he also became head boy. His high school years were spent at the Hoër Seunskool Helpmekaar, the most famous Afrikaans school in Johannesburg where he took Afrikaans, English, Mathematics, Science, Biology, Latin and some French. As an athlete, he excelled in the high jump and became a provincial champion who participated in the junior South African championship in Bloemfontein.
After his matric or school-leaving examination in 1974, Roodt enrolled at the university of the Witwatersrand, also in Johannesburg.