Karl Kielblock

Karl Kielblock was a South African writer.

Biography

He was born on 23 October 1907 in Beaufort West and studied first at Paarl Boys' High School, then at Paarl Teachers College. In 1928 he was appointed a teacher at the Laerskool Hendrik Louw in Strand where he taught until 1967.
In 1936 his first book, Die Skat van Java, was published. After that, Kielblock wrote various novels, suspense, and youth literature. In 1970 he received the for his book Rebel. Kielblock's suspense books consist of a series with the investigator Frans Lindenhof. His youth books also include a series with the character Lafras Cuyper.
In 1939 he married Vera Abel, from whom he had a son and a daughter. He died on 26 November 1991.