Louis Esterhuizen was born on 30 August 1955, in Welkom (Free State). He
matriculated from High School Hentie Cilliers (Virginia) in 1973 and studied at
the the University of the Orange Free State from 1974 to 1978 (BA and HDE). He
furthered his studies through UNISA (BA Hons in 1983).
A number of his poems have been published on the internet and can be found at
the websites of
Meander, De Salon, De gekooide roos and LitNet.
His poems have also been included in a number of anthologies - for example:
Groot Verseboek 2000 (André Brink), Die Afrikaanse poësie in 'n duisend en enkele gedigte (Gerrit Komrij) and Nuwe Verset (Daniël Hugo, et al).
Louis Esterhuizen is also a founder member of the popular Bekgevegte/ Poetry Slams and organizes readings by authors of books at Protea Bookshop.
He was Head of Afrikaans at Rondebosch Boys High School and Head of Sport
at Bridge House School. Louis is now Manager of
Protea Bookshop in Stellenbosch. He is married to the poet, Marlise Joubert and has two sons from a former marriage. Louis and Marlise live in
Stellenbosch.
Hobbies: Chess, squash and cricket
Favourite books: The poetry of Herman de Coninck, Paul Snoek, Rutger Kopland and Yehuda Amichai as well as the Eastern European poets, specifically the poetry of Tadeussz Rozewics, Miroslav Holub and Zbigniew Herbert.
Favourite quote: "Poetry is a spot about half-way between where you listen and where you wonder what it was you heard." (Carl Sandburg)
Stilstuipe, H&R, 1986
Op die oog af, H&R, 1988
Die Onderwaterweg, H&R, 1996
Patzers, H&R, 1997
Opslagsomer, H&R, 2001
Liefland, Protea Boekhuis, 2004
Versindaba 2005, (compiler), Protea Boekhuis, 2005
Sloper, Protea Boekhuis, 2007
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