Eugene N Marais

Hand written poam "winter nag" by Eugene N Marais. This have been in my family for generation's and it is priceless to me but can anyone tell me where i can get a evaluation for it.

 

"Winternight"

O cold is the slight wind,
and keen.
Bare and bright in dim light
is seen,
as vast as the graces of God,
the veld's starlit and fire-scarred sod.
To the high edge of the lands,
spread through the scorched sands,
new seed-grass is stirring
like beckoning hands.

O mournful the tune
of the East-wind refrain,
like the song of a girl
who loved but in vain.
One drop of dew glistens
on each grass-blade's fold
and fast does it pale
to frost in the cold!

Seems quite the chap !
It's not signed , so you'll need to get it authenticated before a value could be placed on it.
Maybe his published works , from a book dealer or publisher in Peoria would be a good starting place..

 

Duplicate thread:
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/eugene-n-marais.58842/

 

Did you ever contact the Eugene Marais Foundation? Because if this is real, it can be quite a find.

http://eugene-marais.org.za/

 

Locally seek out a dealer in autographs or a fine book dealer. They will be able to identify if what you have is pen to page or a printing of it.

Printings exist, this example matches yours...


James.

 

Hi all.
Thank you for your input.
Yea its not signed but when Eugene gave it to my great grandfather he kept it in our family.
My mom who's 76 now has wrote the whole story down and signed it.

It is priceless too me but would like to find out more.
I did not know there was an Eugene Marais Foundation.
Thanks that would help.

Hi. I will contact them. Thank you for help, i did not know there was an foundation.

 

Hi James.
I know 100% that it is the original paper that he wrote winter nag on before they published it.
He stayed on my great grandfather's farm (same one as in the movie) when he wrote it.
He gave it to my grandfather and my grandfather gave it to my mom and my mom gave it to me.
I will contact the foundation.

 

@Rabe Please keep us updated, because it is a very interesting item!

 

Hi. I will.
I did contact an auction house to help.
There is no question that it is real, i just need them to authenticate it.
I am not willing to sell it, just want my documents to be right.

My great grandfather had a farm, do not know lots about him but my mom told me that it was the same farm in the movie. They did a movie about his life and they used the same farm for the shoot.
She recognized it when she watched the film.
Eugene N Marais staid by my great grandfather and he wrote "Winter Nag".
The newspaper published it and the original copy of the poam he gave to my great grandfather. He stuck a copy of his picture next to the hand written poam and a copy of the newspaper clipping when it got published.
He always talked about it to people who visited them.
When he passed away he gave it to my grandfather, who hanged it up in my moms bedroom. Still the same frame.
Since she could remember it hanged in her room.
They lived on a farm by Swart-Water.
This is a peace of history you will never get again.

 

Hi all. Keeping you updated.
So i am speaking to an member of the Eugene N Marais Foundation.
Thanks for the help.

Some info i got from my mom on WhatsApp.
She will send me all the history/facts about the poam and how we got it. But this is some facts about our family.
Hope you find it interesting.

[02/15, 10:16]
Ma Rabe: Vanaf 1908 tot 1915 woon Eugene Marais op my ouma, Susanna Aletta van Rooyen, se ouers se plaas
[02/15, 10:16]
Ma Rabe: My ouma se naam was nie Maria nie
[02/15, 10:16]
Ma Rabe: Haar ma was Maria
[02/15, 10:18]
Ma Rabe: Haar ouers was Gysbert en Maria van Rooyen
[02/15, 10:19]
Ma Rabe: My oupa en ouma is getroud op Rietfontein op 1 Oktober 1907
My oupa was Petrus van der Merwe
[02/15, 10:20]
Ma Rabe: Rietfontein is in die Waterberge
[02/15, 10:21]
Ma Rabe: My oupa het paar plase gehad in
die Waterberge