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Bryce Courtenay (1933–2012)

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Bryce Courtenay was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 14, 1933. He studied journalism in London and then settled in Australia in 1958. Instead of becoming a journalist, he went into advertising and became a successful creative director. He won most of the local and international toon meer advertising awards and a gold medal for Best Documentary at the 1984 New York Film Festival. He started writing after he turned 50. His first novel, The Power of One, was adapted into a 1992 film starring Morgan Freeman and Stephen Dorff. His other novels include Jessica, The Potato Factory, Tommo and Hawk, Solomon's Song, Tandia, and Jack of Diamonds. In 1993, he wrote the non-fiction book April Fool's Day, which is a personal account of the death of his son Damon after he contracted AIDs from a routine blood transfusion. Courtenay died of stomach cancer on November 22, 2012 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

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Werken van Bryce Courtenay

Klein baas (1989) 4,680 exemplaren
Tandia (1992) 876 exemplaren
The Potato Factory (1995) 842 exemplaren
Jessica (1998) 674 exemplaren
Tommo & Hawk (1997) 613 exemplaren
April Fool's Day (1993) 575 exemplaren
Solomon's Song (1999) 515 exemplaren
Four Fires (2001) 474 exemplaren
Matthew Flinders' Cat (2003) 435 exemplaren
The Persimmon Tree (2007) 377 exemplaren
Brother Fish (2004) 368 exemplaren
Whitethorn (2005) 334 exemplaren
Sylvia (2006) 326 exemplaren
Fishing for Stars (2008) 214 exemplaren
Smoky Joe's Cafe (1973) 196 exemplaren
The Story of Danny Dunn (2009) 190 exemplaren
The Family Frying Pan (1997) 180 exemplaren
Fortune Cookie (1657) 179 exemplaren
Jack of Diamonds (2012) 150 exemplaren
A Recipe for Dreaming (1992) 70 exemplaren
The Night Country (1998) 61 exemplaren
The Australian Trilogy (2000) 56 exemplaren
The Pitch (1992) 9 exemplaren
The Power of One, Part 2 (1991) 2 exemplaren
La Potencia de Uno 1 exemplaar
The Power of One (2006) 1 exemplaar
Tommo & Hawk a Format Head (2005) 1 exemplaar
The Power of One. (1999) 1 exemplaar
Posters Bryce Courtenay (Heade (2006) 1 exemplaar

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12,678
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