André Carl van der Merwe

{{Short description|South African novelist}}

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André Carl van der Merwe (born 4 January 1961), is a South African novelist. His first book, entitled Moffie, is an autobiographical novel based on diaries he kept as a teenager and during his compulsory national service.Tyrkus, Michael J. Contemporary Authors. A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields Volume 330 Volume 330. Detroit, Mich: Gale, 2013. [http://find.galegroup.com/openurl/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&req_dat=info:sid/gale:ugnid:nysl_me_manhat&res_id=info:sid/gale:GVRL&ctx_enc=info:ofi:enc:UTF-8&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft_id=info:sid/gale:bmcode:recid/3LIB] According to WorldCat, the book is held in 168 libraries,[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/707969144 WorldCat item record] and was made into a movie, also called Moffie, by Oliver Hermanus in 2019.