George Weideman

His first book aimed at the youth, "Los my uit, paloekas!", received the silver Sanlam Prize in 1992, and "Die optog van die aftjoppers" received gold in 1994. The latter also received the highly-acclaimed Scheepers Prize in 1995, as well as a nomination by the Children's Book Forum as IBBY Honour Book for the International Board on Books for Young People.

In 1994 his second collection of short stories appeared, entitled "Die donker melk van daeraad".

In 1997 he published "'n Staning onder sterre", a collection of poetry, and "Nuwe stemme", an omnibus of the works of eleven debut poets, which George arranged. In this year he won the second place in the De Kat novel competition with his first adult novel, "Die onderskepper", which also won the W.A. Hofmeyr prize in 1998.

In 1998 "Pella lê ’n kruistog vêr", a selection from his previous collections, was published, as well as a youth novel, "Dana se jaar duisend", which again won the Sanlam prize for Youth literature.

The novel "Draaijakkals" was published in October 1999.

His radio drama, "Lig", won the third place in the RSG competition for 2000/2001.

Until his retirement, George was a lecturer at the Peninsula Technikon, now part of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.