Words to shoes

Ryk Hattingh, Afrikaans writer, left South Africa in 1997 for Auckland, New Zealand, where he now has a shoe store. His last book, Witskrif, was published in 1998 and is semi-autobiographical. He was a sub-editor for Vrye Weekblad and the first editor of the Afrikaans men's magazine, Loslyf. Ryk wrote the play, Sing jy van bomme, critique of the South African military which won him 5 Vita awards.