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Adriaan Donker (5 December 1933 – 17 July 2002) was a pioneering South African publisher. BiographyBorn in Bilthoven, the Netherlands, he learned book publishing from his father (Ad. Donker, Rotterdam)[1] and Collier Macmillan in London and New York City. He emigrated as sales representative to South Africa in 1966. Under Apartheid many of Donker’s publications were considered "subversive". Despite pressure from government officials, surveillance by the security police, including threats of loss of passport and illegal house searches, Donker adamantly continued publishing social critical works. He was founder and director of the Centre of Creative Arts in Durban, initiating the international Poetry Festival and The Time of the Writer. He was awarded an honorary doctorate for his contribution to South African literature. PublicationsThe first publications of black literature in South Africa were under Ad. Donker Publisher in 1974, with Mongane Wally Serote and Sipho Sepamla. Playwright and author Athol Fugard (Tsotsi) and imprisoned poet Dikobe wa Magole (Baptism of Fire, {{ISBN|0-86852-051-9}}) are among the many authors Donker promoted. With his love for Literature he republished forgotten works by Bessie Head (Tales of Tenderness and Power), Olive Schreiner’s The Story of an African Farm, Sol T. Plaatje's Mhudi and the then banned work by Bloke Modisane Blame Me On History. Poetry
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References1. ^website of Uitgeversmaatschappij Ad. Donker. {{DEFAULTSORT:Donker, Ad}} 4 : 1933 births|2002 deaths|South African book publishers (people)|People from De Bilt |
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