Hennie Aucamp

Hennie Aucamp
Born	(1934-01-20)20 January 1934 Dordrecht, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Died	20 March 2014(2014-03-20) (aged 80) Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Nationality	South African
Alma mater	University of Stellenbosch
Occupation(s)	Academic, poet, playwright

Hennie Aucamp (20 January 1934 – 20 March 2014) was a South African Afrikaans poet, short story writer, cabaretist and academic. He grew up on a farm in the Stormberg highlands and matriculated at Jamestown, Eastern Cape before continuing his higher education at the University of Stellenbosch. He died in Cape Town at age 80 on 20 March 2014 after suffering a stroke.^[1]