Deon Meyer’s South African Action Thriller, Jagveld, Wins International Award

South African action thriller, Jagveld, written by acclaimed writer Deon Meyer, has been awarded ‘Best Dramatic Feature Award’ at the 2017 Woods Hole Film Festival in the USA!

The Jagveld producers congratulated director Byron Davis, author Deon Meyer and the cast and crew “who gave this project life”!

They also thanked kykNet, who played a critical role in getting the movie out, and various media sponsors.

Writing on their facebook page, they said: “Ons is ontsaglik trots om aan te kondig dat Jagveld die “Best Dramatic Feature Award” gewen het by die 2017 Woods Hole Film Festival in die VSA! Baie geluk aan ons regisseur Byron Davis, ons welbekende teks skrywer Deon Meyer en ons uitstekende span vervaardigers, “cast” en “crew” wat hierdie projek lewe gegee het! Dankie ook aan die fantastiese span by kykNET Films wat ‘n kritiese rol gespeel het om die film gemaak te kry, en dan ook ons wonderlike verspreiders, media vennote en borge.”

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Crime fiction writer and screenwriter Deon Meyer has had his books translated into 27 languages word-wide.

According to his facebook page, the former journalist, advertising copywriter, Internet manager and brand strategist has published thirteen novels and two short story collections. His books have been published in more than 40 countries world-wide, and one (Dead Before Dying) was turned into the international TV series ‘Cape Town’.

He has also written two series for television, and four screenplays for feature films, and has also produced and directed movies in his native Afrikaans.

This is not the first award for one of his works. Accolades for his books include Le Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (2003) and Le prix Mystère de la critique (2004) from France, the Deutsche Krimi Preis (2006, 2009), the Swedish Martin Beck Award (2010), the ATKV Prose Prize (2000, 2003, and 2004), the ATKV Suspense Fiction Prize (2008, 2009, 2011, 2014), the M-Net Award for Most Filmic Novel (2009, 2012), and the Barry Award for Best Thriller in the USA (2010).

Deon was born in Paarl in 1958 and matriculated in Klerksdorp in 1976. He studied at the Universities of Northwest, Free State and Stellenbosch, and holds a Masters’ Degree in Creative Writing.

He lives near Cape Town, and is passionate about South Africa, Mozart, mountain biking, cooking, photography, and Free State Cheetahs and Springbok rugby.