Antjie Krog

Antjie Krog, born on 23 October 1952 in Kroonstad, a town in the Free State, is a South African poet, novelist, playwright, and journalist.

Her poetry, written in Afrikaans, has been translated into several European languages, and has won both local and international prizes.

Her work reporting on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission has also been recognized.

Her book Country of My Skull, about the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, has been turned into a film by John Boorman, starring Juliette Binoche (as "Anna Malan," an Afrikaner poet), and Samuel L. Jackson.