Hein Willemse

Quick Facts

Full Name	Hein Willemse
Occupation	Poet
Date Of Birth	Sep 18, 1957(1957-09-18)
Age	67
Birthplace	Ladismith
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Western Cape
Horoscope	Virgo

Hein Willemse Biography

Hein Willemse is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on September 18, 1957 in Ladismith, Western Cape, South Africa. Heinrich Stephen Samuel Willemse, born 18 September 1957 in Ladismith (Cape Province), is an South African academic, literary critic and activist. He is currently a professor at the University of Pretoria in South Africa and editor-in-chief of Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, an African literary journal.

Willemse was a young academic who played an active part in the resistance to apartheid. He attended, along with other Afrikaans writers, the Victoria Falls Writers’ Conference 1989. There, various Afrikaans intellectuals met banned South African authors as well as members of the African National Congress.

Willemse was the head of the Department of Afrikaans, University of Pretoria (South Africa), from 2000 to 2009. Although Willemse has resigned from his position (he was succeeded by Willie Burger who was the former head of the Department of Afrikaans, University of Johannesburg), Willemse remains a professor of Afrikaans literature, media studies and teaches both undergraduate and graduate classes.

Hein Willemse Net Worth

Hein Willemse is one of the richest Poet from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hein Willemse 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Willemse was born in South Africa’s Cape Province. He completed his secondary education at Esselen Park High School in 1975. In 1978, he completed his bachelor’s in law degree at the University of the Western Cape in Bellville, South Africa. Willemse was a legal counsellor at UWC’s legal assistance clinic while he completed his honours degree, in Afrikaans language & literature, at the same institution in 1978.

Willemse completed both his master’s and DLitt degrees at the University of the Western Cape in the Department of Afrikaans, Dutch and Dutch. Willemse received his master’s degree in 1984. He has taught at many international and South African universities, such as El Colegio de Mexico (Mexico), University of Namibia (Namibia), and University of Stellenbosch(South Africa). In 2004, and 2005, he was also a Fulbright scholar and professor at Grinnell College (Iowa). He was an honorary fellow in American writing at the University of Iowa, USA in 1985. He received his MBL degree from the University of South Africa (UNISA) in 2002.

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Hein Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Hein Willemse celebrates birthday on September 18 of every year.