title: Karl Kielblock
text: # Karl Kielblock
  
  Karl Kielblock (23 October 1907 – 26 November 1991) was a South African writer.
  
  ## Biography
  
  He was born on 23 October 1907 in Beaufort-Wes and studied first at Paarl Boys' High School, then at Paarl Teachers College. In 1928 he was appointed a teacher at the Laerskool Hendrik Louw in Strand where he taught until 1967.
  
  In 1936 his first book, Die Skat van Java, was published. After that, Kielblock wrote various novels, suspense, and youth literature. In 1970 he received the Academy's Scheepers Prize for youth literature [af] for his book Rebel. Kielblock's suspense books consist of a series with the investigator Frans Lindenhof . His youth books also include a series with the character Lafras Cuyper .
  
  In 1939 he married Vera Abel, from whom he had a son and a daughter. He died on 26 November 1991.
  
  