Wilhelm Otto Kühne
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Wilhelm Otto (WO) Kühne (1924 – 1988) was an award-winning author of children's literature and editor of Die Jongspan and Die Burger newspapers in Cape Town, South Africa. He was one of the first children's authors in the Afrikaans language. The most notable of his books are the Huppelkind series and Die wonderbaarlike motor van Barnabas Bombas (1981). Kühne won the inaugural C. P. Hoogenhout Award for Afrikaans children's literature for his book Huppel verjaar.[1][2] His wife, the illustrator Dorothy Hill, illustrated the entire Huppelkind series and was an illustrator for Die Burger.
[edit] Selected works
- Huppelkind (1958)
- Huppel maak 'n plan (1958)
- Huppel verjaar (1960)
- Huppel en sy maats (anthology, 1982, ISBN 0624017060, ISBN 0624034313)
