What is Karel Schoeman?
{{Infobox writer | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1939|10|26}} | birth_place = [[Trompsburg, Free State|Trompsburg, Orange Free state]],<br />South Africa | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|05|01|1939|10|26|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Bloemfontein]], Orange Free State | occupation = Novelist, Historian | language = [[Afrikaans]] | nationality = South African | alma_mater = [[University of the Free State]] | period = | subject = | spouse = | movement = | influences = | influenced = | signature = | genre = Prose Fiction, Biography, History | website = }} '''Karel Schoeman''' (26 October 1939 &ndash; 1 May 2017) was a South African novelist, historian, and translator. He was the author of 19 novels and many works of history. He was one of South Africa's most honored authors. Schoeman wrote mainly in [[Afrikaans]], although several of his non-fiction books were originally written in English. His novels are increasingly being translated into other languages, notably, English, French and Dutch. Shoeman died in an act of suicide by refusing to eat or drink at a retirement center in South Africa at the age of 77.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2017/05/02/Renowned-author-Karel-Schoeman-described-how-he-took-his-own-life|title=Renowned author Karel Schoeman described how he took his own life|author=Kyle Cowan|access-date=May 2, 2017|date=May 2, 2017|publisher=Times Live}}</ref> ==Related pages== *[[List of historians by continent]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shoeman, Karel}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Suicides]] [[Category:Deaths from starvation]] [[Category:South African writers]] [[Category:African novelists]] [[Category:Translators]] [[Category:Historians]] {{bio-stub}}