Diana Ferrus: October 2005

About Me

Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Diana Ferrus works as an administrator at the University of Western Cape. She is interested in recording the stories of black Afrikaans women, and wants to publish an anthology of short stories. This is after she did extensive research about black Afrikaans women writers. Diana is wellknown for her poem about the Khoisan woman Sarah Baartman whose remains were on display in Paris until 1986. In 2002 Diana read her poem for Sarah Baartman at the handing over of the remains to the South African government. "Iv'e come to take you home, home! Remember the veld, the lush green grass beneath the big oak trees, the air is cool there". This poem will be the title poem of her English poetry collection due for publication in August 2010.

Thursday, October 20, 2005

SHORT STORIES

"Five Down", die trein wat met die donker kom - LitNet 2005.

“Die kind” (The child) - in “Die Suid-Afrikaan”, Dec’94; “Taxi Staanplek Stories:” JL van Schaik Publishers (1996), “Die Stukke wat ons Sny” (1999): Kwela Books.

“Writing”; “Women of the Struggle”; “Creative Writing”; (poems) in “New Letters”, Quarterly Literary Journal of the University of Missouri (1998)

“The cold” (short story)
“The visit to Brazil” (poem) in “Women writing to create the future”: Vivlia Books

“Double Trouble” (short story) in “Veertig is g’n vloekwoord”: Quellerie Books

“Vrou in die rivier” (woman in the river) (short story) in “Van oor die kontreie heen” - Human & Rousseau publishers, (2000).

“Om huis toe te gaan (going home) short story “in the rapids” and “stroomversnellings” Kwela Books – August, 2001

CLICK HERE TO READ MY SHORT STORY "Five Down" on LITNET
http://www.litnet.co.za/fiksie/ferrus02.asp

CLICK HERE TO READ MY SHORT STORY "Om huis toe te gaan" on LITNET
http://www.litnet.co.za/fiksie/ferrus.asp