Nicolaas Vergunst
Nicolaas Maartin Vergunst (born 1 September 1958 in Cape Town) is the author of Knot of Stone: the day that changed South Africa's history. Knot of Stone is a historical murder mystery about the first recorded massacre and earliest known murder in South African history, and published in the United Kingdom and United States in 2011 by Arena Books.
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Biography
Nicolaas Vergunst studied fine arts and cultural history at Stellenbosch University and the University of KwaZulu-Natal. From 1988-2004 he worked at the South African National Gallery in Cape Town (later assimilated into Iziko South African Museum) where he curated Hoerikwaggo: Images of Table Mountain, an exhibition about the ever-shifting European perceptions of the South African landscape.[1] [2] The book produced for this exhibition had several reprints and is now a collector's item.[3]
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References
- Cobus van Bosch (December 12, 2000). "Tafelberg word metafoor op doek", Die Burger. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- Paul Edmunds (January 16, 2001). "Hoerikwaggo: Images of Table Mountain", artthrob. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- Nicolaas Vergunst (2001). Hoerikwaggo: Images of Table Mountain.