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Seeking van Pletzen/van Pletsen descendants

In preparing for our trip to South Africa next month, Blane and I came across an old history of his family written in Afrikaans titled &#;Die Van Pletsen Saga&#; by Helen Lewald (nee van Pletsen). For several years he had been meaning to translate it, and finally did a few months ago to post on his blog.

This weekend I decided it would be kind of neat to find as many descendants of the original van Pletsen in South Africa (the &#;old immigrant&#;) Carl Johannes von Plessen. According to &#;Die Van Pletsen Saga&#;, he was born in East Prussia in , fled the country for some reason and settled in the Brabant region of Belgium where he fought (literally) alongside Napolean. Then, for unknown reasons, he stowed away on a ship to South Africa. He was almost dead by the time the ship arrived, but luckily survived long enough to marry, have a large family, settle a farm in South Africa, and die an old man in in Rouxville, South Africa.

As far as I can tell, most descendants are still in South Africa, although I&#;m sure there are those who have emigrated to other parts of the world. The history of the authors line can be found both on my blog and my partner Blane&#;s blog. Blane has both the original Afrikaans as well as the English

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Marita van der Vyver

Marita van der Vyver ( ) is an Afrikaans author.

Biography

She was born in Cape Town on 6 May and grew up in Bellville, Menlo Park (Pretoria) and Nelspruit. In she won a study bursary in a national Afrikaans poetry competition for matric pupils, with which she took a BA degree at Stellenbosch University, inter alia participating in D.J. Opperman's famous poetry workshops between This was followed by an honours degree in She later also complete her master's degree in journalism there.

Having spent a year travelling in Europe, she then began working as a reporter for Die Burger, a copywriter for Leserskring (a book club) and a feature writer for the woman's journal Sarie.

In the s she began writing a number of children's stories (e.g. Van Jou Jas) and two children's novels (Tien vir 'n vriend in and Eenkantkind in ).

In she wrote her first novel for adults, the hugely successful Griet Skryf 'n Sprokie - an award-winning work that was later turned into an equally successful play.

She is married Alain Claisse and the couple have lived in rural France since with their four children, three sons and a daughter. She continues writing and publishing articles, stories and novels.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

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