Kobus Geldenhuys
Kobus Geldenhuys is a South African scriptwriter and translator of children's literature into Afrikaans, including titles by J. K. Rowling, C. S. Lewis, Roald Dahl, Michael Morpurgo, David Walliams and Cressida Cowell. In 2016 he won the Alba Bouwer Prize for his translation of Morpurgo's "Why the Whales Came" as "Hoekom die walvisse gekom het". He has also translated Tove Jansson.

Geldenhuys has translated two books by Jaco Jacobs from Afrikaans into English: "A Good Day for Climbing Trees" (nominated for the 2019 CILIP Carnegie Medal) and "A Good Night for Shooting Zombies".
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South Africa
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scriptwriter
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children's literature
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Afrikaans
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J. K. Rowling
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C. S. Lewis
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Roald Dahl
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Michael Morpurgo
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David Walliams
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Cressida Cowell
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Alba Bouwer Prize
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Why the Whales Came
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Tove Jansson
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Jaco Jacobs
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Carnegie Medal
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Kobus Geldenhuys
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