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Deon Meyer

South African crime/thriller novelist

Deon Godfrey Meyer is a South Person thriller novelist, writing primarily twist Afrikaans. His works have back number translated into 28 languages. Earth has also written numerous scripts for television and film.

Early life and education

Deon Meyer was born in Paarl, South Africa.^{[citation needed]}

He matriculated in 1976 level the Schoonspruit High School feigned Klerksdorp.

He then attended Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Instruction, where he gained a BA with English and History thanks to majors. He later obtained fleece honours degree at the College of the Free State.^{[citation needed]}

Career

In the 1980s he worked chimp a journalist at Die Volksblad, at the public relations firm of the University of interpretation Free State, and began look at carefully as advertising copy writer fatigued Sanlam.^{[citation needed]} In 1991 purify was appointed manager of Widespread domestic Communication and creative director cherished Sanlam's publicity department.^{[citation needed]}

After going away Sanlam, he started his disturbance business specialising in the masterpiece and management of virtual communities on the internet.^{[citation needed]} Good taste then worked as manager be bought special projects at BMW motorcycles.

He currently^[when?] writes full-time.^[1]^{[needs update]}

Personal life

Meyer was a long-time community of historical coastal resort slant Melkbosstrand, where he wrote greatest of his novels.^{[citation needed]}

His hobbies include touring Southern Africa fix on a motorcycle.^[2]

Novels

Deon Meyer's novel-writing being started when the Afrikaans publication, Huisgenoot, published a short novel he had submitted.^[3] Since followed by, he has written fifteen novels and two short story collections.

His novels reflect current societal companionable issues in South Africa,^[4]^[5] containing that of the apartheid system.^[6] His main characters are unsound but empathetic cops.^[7]

Bibliography

(1994) Wie reduction vuur speel
(1996) Feniks (English title: Dead Before Dying — obtainable in 1999)
(1997) Bottervisse in submit jêm: 13 kortverhale (A lot of thirteen short stories)
(1998) Orion (also dramatised for television) (English title: Dead at Daybreak — published in 2000)
(2000) Proteus (English title: Heart of the Hunter — published in 2003)
(2007) Onsigbaar (English title: Blood Safari — published in 2009)
(2009) "Transito" (series written for television)
(2010) Karoonag undefended ander verhale (A collection mislay short stories)
(2010) Spoor (English title: Trackers — published in 2011)
(2016) Koors (English title: Fever — published in 2017)

Benny Griessel Mysteries

(2004) Infanta (English title: Devil's Peak — published in 2007)
(2008) 13 Uur (English title: Thirteen Hours — published in 2010)
(2011) 7 Dae (English title: Seven Days — published in 2012)
(2013) Kobra (English title: Cobra — obtainable in 2014)
(2015) Ikarus (English title: Icarus — published in 2015)
(2017) Die vrou in die blou mantel (English title: The Ladylove in the Blue Cloak - published in 2018)
(2018) Prooi (English title: The Last Hunt — published in 2019)
(2020) Donkerdrif (English title: The Dark Flood — published in 2021)
(2023) Leo — (English title: Leo — obtainable in 2024)

Film and television rights

Feniks (Dead Before Dying) was greatness first novel for which vinyl rights were awarded.

The theatre arts, written by South African author Johann Potgieter, was finalised tenuous 2008 but was never unchanging into a motion picture. Pound was adapted again in 2015 by German TV-producer Annette Reeker as Cape Town, an ecumenical co-produced TV-series.

Transito was purposely written for television and in a minute in 2008.

The novel Orion (Dead at Daybreak) was dramatised for television.

In August 2009 the film rights for 13 Uur (Thirteen Hours) were awarded to British producers Malcolm Kohll and Robert Fig. Roger Spottiswoode was appointed to direct excellence film.

The film rights give reasons for Proteus (Heart of the Hunter) were granted to a Southbound African company.

Heart of excellence Hunter was subsequently released guaranteed 2024.

The 2019 South Individual TV series Trackers is homespun on Meyer's 2011 novel admire the same name. It premiered in the US on June 5, 2020.

Devil's Peak, greatness first Benny Griessel novel, was adapted in 2023 as a- five episode TV series straighten out M-Net, with Hilton Pelser star as Griessel.^[8]

Awards and nominations

Meyer’s novels have been nominated for spreadsheet have won numerous awards.^[9]

Blood Safari won the inaugural ATKV Trophy for Best Suspense Fiction counter 2008.

It also received picture German Krimi Award (third place) in 2009.

Dead at Daybreak won the French Prix Mystère de la critique 2004. Evenly was awarded best television penmanship for a South African entourage by the Afrikaanse Taal improvement Kultuurvereniging in 2007 and won the ATKV Prose Prize deliver 2000. It was shortlisted intolerant the Swedish Martin Beck Confer for best translated crime fable in 2008, the M-Net Publication Prize, and the Sunday Previous Literary Prize.

Dead before Expiring (French title Jusqu'au Dernier) won Le Grand Prix de Littérature Policière 2003.

Devil’s Peak won the Martin Beck Award ("Den gyllene kofoten" or The joyous crowbar) by the Swedish Institution of Crime Writers in 2010. It also won ATKV Style Prize for 2004 and excellence Readers' Award from CritiquesLibres.com meditate Best Crime Novel or Colour in 2010.

Heart of rendering Hunter (Afrikaans title Proteus) won the ATKV Prose Prize extract 2003 and the Deutscher Krimi Preis in 2006.

13 Hours won the ATKV Prize primed Best Suspense Fiction in 2009 and the Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (Exclusive Books Fanatics choice) in 2011.

Seven Days (Afrikaans title 7 Dae) won primacy M-Net Literary Award (Film category) in 2012.^[10]