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DETAILS
Pieter van der Lugt is a freelancer based in Cape Town with twenty years experience in writing, editing and translation for print and electronic media. He's available for work in Afrikaans or English. His specialist fields are entertainment, pop culture and literature.
Pieter also writes Afrikaans songs (his best-known is Voëlvry) as well as lyrics such as the original words for Our Heritage, recorded by Die Heuwels Fantasties, Soweto Gospel choir, HHP and JR for the Heritage Day Braai project. Download the song and find out more at Braai 4 Heritage.
EARLY WORK
BA Hons Stellenbosch
TV translation for dubbing
Radio series on Nobel-winning authors
Three volumes of poetry: Vuurwerke (1984), Kies vir Jou 'n Tong (1985) and Op Vrye Voete (1987)
Sê Dit in Die Donker, a collection of short stories (1989)
The cabaret Die Minnaars in Konsert performed as a fringe production at the Grahamstown festival
Title track (written and recorded) on Voëlvry album
Reviews of more than 1 000 movies and 3 000 CDs in the newspapers Beeld, Die Burger, Rapport and the magazines Huisgenoot and YOU
Die Burger subeditor and sports writer (tennis and gymnastics)
Music copy for monthly Leisure Books catalogue
Huisgenoot writer, entertainment editor, assistant copy editor
Designed and maintained the website HIV Update for the Somerset Hospital in Cape Town (discontinued)
Designed and maintained a pop culture website for Huisgenoot magazine (discontinued)
Designed and maintained early version of official Huisgenoot magazine website
RECENT WORK
Freelancer since 2005
TV Information Services (Media24) TV highlights, movie guides, episode summaries published in several magazines and newspapers
Sports Illustrated translations from Afrikaans and English
News editing for Daily Sun
Editing of special report for Discovery Health
Translation of Seventeen magazine (four issues) for Afrikaans edition
Digimag project for New Media
MediClinic magazine editing for New Media
Monthly dsTV highlights for Drum East Africa
Jingle for Pick N Pay website which they use on all their videos
Afrikaans print ad for Arctic Circle
Proofing Totem, the Spur Steak Ranches children's magazine
CURRENT WORK
National Geographic Kids and National Geographic Little Kids translation, editing and proofing (Afrikaans and English editions of both)
Weekly TV column for Rapport
Monthly translation of Edgars Club magazine from June 2011 edition
Commissioned articles for NG KIDS and other publications, various translations
CONTACT
Site built and maintained by Pieter van der Lugt, a freelance writer based in Cape Town. He's available for work in Afrikaans or English and his specialist fields are entertainment, pop culture and literature.