Jochem van Bruggen

Jochem van Bruggen
Jochem van Bruggen
	Jochem van Bruggen
Born	Jochem van Bruggen; 29 September 1881; Groede, Netherlands
Died	22 February 1957 (aged 75); Magaliesburg, South Africa
Occupation	Novelist; Short story writer; Farmer;
Notable works	Teleurgestel (1916); Ampie: Die Natuurkind (1925); Ampie: Die Meisiekind (1927); Die Sprinkaanbeampte van Sluis (1933);
Notable awards	Hertzog Prize for Afrikaans prose (1917, 1925, 1927, 1933)
Spouse	Maria Petronella Oosthuizen (m. 1906)
Children	Lena; Jan; Nellie; Gert; Maria; Joggie;

Jochem van Bruggen (29 September 1881–22 February 1957) was an Afrikaans author and the first winner of the Hertzog Prize for prose for his work Teleurgestel ("Disappointed") in 1917. He was part of the Second Afrikaans Language Movement and is best known for Ampie, a series about poor and destitute Afrikaners in South Africa during the Depression of 1920–1921.