Jan Rabie

Jan Sebastian Rabie (14 November 1920 - 15 November 2001) was an Afrikaans writer of short stories, novels and other literary works. He was born in George, and was the writer of twenty-one works. He was included under the Sestigers, a group of influential Afrikaans writers of the 1960s.

Novels
Note: The English titles are translated from the Afrikaans, and are not available as such.


 * Nog skyn die sterre (Still the stars are shining) (1943)
 * Geen somer (No summer) (1944)
 * Vertrou op môre (Believe in tomorrow) (1946)
 * Die pad na mekaar (The road to one another) (1947)
 * Dakkamer en agterplaas (Attic and backyard) (1957)
 * Swart ster oor die Karoo (Black star over the Karoo) (1957)
 * Ons, die afgod (Us, the idol) (1958)
 * Die groen planeet (The green planet) (1961)
 * Mens-alleen (Man alone) (1963)
 * Die groot anders-maak (The great changing) (1964)
 * Eiland voor Afrika (Island before Africa) (1964)
 * Waar jy sterwe (Where you die) (1966)
 * Klipwieg (Stone crib) (1970)
 * Die hemelblom (The heavenly flower) (1971)
 * Ark (Ark) (1977)
 * Johanna se storie (Johanna's story) (1981)
 * En oseaan (And Ocean) (1985)

Short stories

 * Een-en-twintig (Twenty-one) (1956)
 * Die roos aan die pels (The rose on the fur) (1966)
 * Versamelverhale (Collected novels) (1980)

Non-fiction

 * Groen reise (Green travels) (1950)
 * Die evolusie van nasionalisme (The evolution of nationalism) (1960)
 * Polemika, (Polemic) 1957-1965 (1966)
 * ’n Haan vir Eloúnda (A rooster for Eloúnda) (1971)
 * ’n Boek vir Onrus (A book for Onrus) (1982)
 * Buidel (Pouch) (1989)
 * Paryse dagboek (Paris diary) (1998)

Young adult novels

 * Twee strandlopers (Two beachwalkers) (1960)
 * Seeboek van die sonderkossers (Sea book for those without food) (1975)