Hein Willemse, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Hein Willemse

South African writer

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1957

Place of Birth: Ladismith, Western Cape, South Africa

Profession: poet, literary critic

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Heinrich Stephen Samuel Willemse (born 18 September 1957, Ladismith, Cape Province) is a South African academic, literary critic, activist and author.
He currently serves as professor in the Department of Afrikaans at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and as editor-in-chief of the African literary journal Tydskrif vir Letterkunde (Journal for Literature). As a young academic, Willemse played an active role in the opposition of apartheid, and along with other Afrikaans authors - including André Brink, Breyten Breytenbach and Etienne van Heerden - attended the historical Victoria Falls Writers’ Conference in 1989, where various Afrikaans intellectuals met with banned South African authors and members of the African National Congress.