Eugène Marais collection of manuscripts
University of Johannesburg
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Type
Country
South Africa
Copyright
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Dates Covered
1902-1952
Language
Afrikaans
English
Locations Discussed
Sub-Saharan Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Note
The collection includes the original hand-written and typed manuscripts of The soul of the ape, as well as the manuscript of Nag - his drama, written just before his untimely death by suicide. There are also some letters from Marais to his son (1916 – 1923), and correspondence between his son and the editor of an overseas journal regarding the alleged plagiarism of Marais’ book Burgers van die berge (1952).
Another interesting item in the collection is Marais’ sketch- and note-book, containing notes, ideas for articles and pencil sketches (inter alia of a young lady called Suzanne), which realised during his sojourn in London at the time of the Anglo Boer War, 1899 – 1902
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