Sport-Gedigte -- Ernst van Heerden (signed limited edition and other ephemera)

Tafelberg, 1993. Limited edition 123 of 350. 

Signed by the author on the title page.

Hard cover in good condition.

Included are the following ephemera: A signed letter of thanks from Ernst van Heerden to the surgeon who amputated his legs i 1974 detailing his recovery progress and thanking him for Frankle's book (probably "Man's Search for Meaning"), a souvenir publication with "Die Geneesheer se Credo" / "The Doctor's Creed" by Ernst van Heerden and a few newspaper cuttings.

Ernst van Heerden 1916 - 1997 was a celebrated South African poet and teacher. He was awarded a Silver Medal in the Olympic Games for poetry in 1948. He was a one-time weightlifter who captained South Africa's weightlifting team during the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games. He was a professor of Afrikaans and Dutch from 1967-1981.

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