{{Short description|South African author, translator and academic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Michiel Heyns | image = | birth_date = {{birth date|1943|12|2|df=y}} | birth_place = Stellenbosch, South Africa<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stellenboschwriters.com/heynsm.html|title = Michiel Heyns}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Author, Translator, Academic | nationality = South African | magnum opus = | influences = | influenced = }}
'''Michiel Heyns''' (born 2 December 1943) is a South African author, translator and academic.
He went to school in Thaba 'Nchu, Kimberley and Grahamstown, and later studied at the University of Stellenbosch and Cambridge University before serving as a professor of English at the University of Stellenbosch, from 1983 until 2003.
Since then he has concentrated on his writing full-time, and has won numerous awards for his reviews, translations and novels.
==Novels== *''The Children’s Day'', Jonathan Ball (2002) *''The Reluctant Passenger'', Jonathan Ball (2003) *''The Typewriter's Tale'', Jonathan Ball (2005) *''Bodies Politic'', Jonathan Ball (2008) *''Lost Ground'', Jonathan Ball (2011) *''Invisible Furies'', Jonathan Ball (2012) *''A Sportful Malice'', Jonathan Ball (2014) *''I am Pandarus,'' Jonathan Ball (2017) *''A Poor Season for Whales,'' Jonathan Ball (2020) *''Each Mortal Thing'', Umuzi (2023)
==Translations== *Marlene van Niekerk, ''Agaat'' (2006) *Marlene van Niekerk, ''Memorandum: A Story with pictures'' (2006) *Tom Dreyer, ''Equatoria'' (2008) *Etienne van Heerden, ''30 Nights in Amsterdam'' (2011) *Chris Barnard, ''Bundu'' (2011)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.michielheyns.co.za/|title=Michiel Heyns|website=www.michielheyns.co.za|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref> *Eben Venter, ''Wolf, Wolf'' (2013) *Ingrid Winterbach, ''It Might Get Loud'' (2015) *Ingrid Winterbach, ''The Shallows'' (2017) *Ingrid Winterbach, ''The Troubled Times of Magrieta Prinsloo'' (2019) *Elsa Joubert: ''Cul-de-Sac (2019)'' *Willem Anker, ''Red Dog'' (2019) *SJ Naude, ''Fathers and Fugitives (2023)''
==Awards== *2006 Thomas Pringle Award for Reviews in 2006 *2007 Sol Plaatje Prize for Translation for ''Agaat'' *2008 South African Translators' Institute Prize for ''Agaat'' *2009 Herman Charles Bosman Award for ''Bodies Politic'' *2010 Thomas Pringle Award for Reviews in 2010 *2012 Herman Charles Bosman Award for ''Lost Ground'' *2012 The Sunday Times Fiction Prize for ''Lost Ground'' *2013 Prix de l'Union Interalliee for the French Translation of ''The Typewriter's Tale'' *2015 Herman Charles Bosman Award for ''A Sportful Malice'' *2019 SALA Prize for Literary Translation for ''Red Dog.'' *2020 Sol Plaatje Prize for Translation for ''The Shallows'' *2021 University of Johannesburg Prize for Literary Translation for ''Red Dog''
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