author
Sanni Metelerkamp
Best known for preserving South African folk tales in the memorable voice of Outa Karel, this early 20th-century writer also worked as a playwright. Her work opens a window onto storytelling traditions, family history, and literary life in the Cape.
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Outa Karel's Stories: South African Folk-Lore Tales
by Sanni Metelerkamp
About the author
Sanni Metelerkamp was a South African author and playwright, born in Knysna in 1867 and remembered in part for her family connection to George Rex, of whom she was a great-granddaughter.
She is best known today for Outa Karel's Stories: South African Folk-Lore Tales, first published in 1914. The book presents folk narratives through the voice of Outa Karel, a storyteller figure, and it has remained the work most closely associated with her name.
Metelerkamp also wrote for the stage. Sources on South African theatre history list her as the author of the historical play In die dae van Van Riebeek. Confirmed portrait images were not readily available from the sources consulted, so no profile image is included here.