The letters writer André Brink and poet Ingrid Jonker wrote
to one another during their love affair in the early 1960s have been published
by Umuzi.
Brink, who died on February 6, 2015, was working on a novel
titled Goudstof at the time of his
death. He offered the correspondence between him and Jonker to Umuzi for
publication three months before his death.
Jonker’s original letters, together with copies of the
letters Brink addressed to her, were kept in brown envelopes in the author’s
study for over 50 years. Among the documents are telegrams and early versions
of Jonker’s poems. The documents will in future be made available to
researchers.
Literary critic and widow of André Brink, Karina Brink,
arranged the letters in chronological order before scanning them, after which
they were typed up by Erika Viljoen, a friend and former student of the author.
Book historian and editor of the journal LitNet Akademies
(Geesteswetenskappe) Francis Galloway proofread the typed documents against the
original texts and provided contextual support for the Umuzi publication.
The letters will not be edited or annotated.
Leon de Kock – author, academic and award-winning translator
– is responsible for translating Brink’s letters into English, while journalist
and poet Karin Schimke, a past winner of the Ingrid Jonker Prize for poetry,
translated Jonker’s letters. The publication includes an introduction by Willie
Burger, professor of literature at the University of Pretoria.
Reprint rights for material protected by copyright were
granted by Karina Brink and Greg Marsh on behalf of the Ingrid Jonker Trust
respectively. Author royalties for the publication will be divided equally
between Brink’s estate and the Ingrid Jonker Trust. A limited and numbered
edition in English and in Afrikaans will also be published.
Flame in the Snow: The
Love Letters of André Brink & Ingrid Jonker is published in hardcover by
Umuzi - ISBN: 9781415208786. Retail price R350.
For more information visit http://randomstruik.co.za/books/flame-in-the-snow-the-love-letters-of-andr-brink-amp-ingrid-jonker/5967#sthash.imphYufE.dpuf
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