High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Karel Schoeman (born 26 October 1939 in Trompsburg, South Africa) is a South African novelist, historian, translator and man of letters. The author of 18 novels and numerous works of history, he is one of South Africa`s most awarded and highly-regarded authors. Although several of Schoeman`s non-fiction works are available in English, he has chosen to write primarily in Afrikaans. Few of his novels have been translated into other languages.