Jaco Jacobs (born 1980) is a South African children's author who writes in Afrikaans.
Jacobs was born in the South African town of Carnarvon, Northern Cape. He started writing at a young age and sold his first short stories to magazines while still in high school. To date, he has published more than 290 books for children, ranging from picture books to books for young adults, some of them under the pseudonyms Lize Roux and Tania Brink. In 2007, his young adult novel Suurlemoen! (Lemon!) was chosen as an International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour Book.
Jacobs has won the Alba Bouwer Prize three times; in 2007 for Wurms met tamatiesous en ander lawwe rympies (Worms in Tomato Sauce and Other Silly Poems), 2019 for Moenie hierdie boek eet nie (Don't eat this book)), and in 2022 for 'Die boekwinkel tussen die wolke (The bookshop in the clouds), as well as the C.P. Hoogenhout Award (2006–2007) for Wurms met tamatiesous en ander lawwe rympies, the Tienie Holloway Medal in 2018 for Grom! (Growl!), and the Scheepers Prize for Youth Literature in 2019 for Dinge wat ek nie van skape geweet het nie (Things which I didn't know about sheep).
A film adaptation of Suurlemoen! was released in South African cinemas in 2014, and in 2017 his novel Oor 'n motorfiets, 'n zombiefliek en lang getalle wat deur elf gedeel kan word (published internationally as A Good Night for Shooting Zombies) was adapted into a feature film, titled Nul is nie niks nie. His young adult novel 'n Goeie dag vir boomklim (published internationally as A Good Day for Climbing Trees) was chosen as one of the winners in the In Other Words competition, sponsored by the British Book Trust. Worldwide English rights of the book were subsequently sold to Oneworld Publications in 2017. A Good Day for Climbing Trees was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal, and subsequently published in Dutch by Uitgeverij Ploegsma and in Italian by Rizzoli Libri.
In addition to children's literature, Jacobs also writes magazine articles and columns. He has translated more than 300 books from English and Dutch to Afrikaans. His translation of Chris Riddell's Ottoline and the Yellow Cat (Willemien en die Geel Kat) was awarded the Elsabe Steenberg Prize for children's book translation, as well as the SATI Prize for the translation of children's books.
Læs mere...22. februar 1980 var en fredag under stjernetegnet for ♓. Det var 52 dag på året. Præsident for USA var Jimmy Carter.
Hvis du blev født på denne dag, er du 46 år gammel. Din sidste fødselsdag var den søndag den 22. februar 2026, 90 dage siden. Din næste fødselsdag er mandag den 22. februar 2027, om 274 dage. Du har levet i 16.892 dage, eller omkring 405.418 timer, eller omkring 24.325.103 minutter eller omkring 1.459.506.180 sekunder.
Date: 23 February 1980
By RICHARD BURT Special to The New York Times
Richard Special
Carter Administation imposes ceiling on number of Soviet diplomats stationed in US; move is linked to Afghanistan crisis; Soviet Government reportedly will not be allowed to increase numbers of diplomatic and support staff beyond present 320; move will not affect number of Russians at UN (M)
Date: 23 February 1980
Special to The New York Times
UNESCO releases report recommending that journalists be allowed free access to all news sources, both official and unofficial; study was made by 16-member commission led by Sean McBride, former Irish Foreign Minister, who presents report of UNESCO's Director General Amadou Mahtar M'Bow; report includes condemnation of censorship and dissent by commission's Soviet representative Sergei A Losev; dissent by American representative Elie Abel (M)
Date: 23 February 1980
By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Deirdre CARMODY
North American Newspaper Alliance will discontinue operations Feb 29; will be replaced by new service, Independent News Alliance, which will be more closely geared to current newspaper market; United Features Syndicate, parent company, announces that agency's affiliate, Women's News Service, will also be discontinued; executive editor Sidney Goldberg comments (S)
Date: 22 February 1980
Vermont District Court Judge Lewis Springer orders 5 reporters to hand over their notes of conversations with Orleans County State's Attorney, Leroy Null; order is issued at request of lawyer Duncan Kilmartin, who contends Null disclosed information against client Armand Blais in embezzlement case; 3 of news organizations say they will fight subpoenas: Burlington Free Press, Newport Daily Express and AP; WCAX-TV and WIKE radio, whose reporters were also subpoenaed, say they have not decided what action to take (S)
Date: 22 February 1980
Newspaper vendors across Spain shut newsstands to protest growing attacks on them, allegedly by rightists; attacks started after magazine identified some alleged Basque rightists by name and 2 were killed soon after; rightists blamed magazine for killings and pledged to attack kiosks selling it (S)
Date: 23 February 1980
By FRANK J. PRIAL Special to The New York Times
Frank PRIAL
Staff of Le Monde will meet to choose new editor to replace retiring Jacques Fauvet in '82; popular candidates listed as Jacques Amalric, Jacques Decornoy, Andre Fontaine and Claude Julien; their portraits; history of publication since founding by late Charles DeGaulle in '44 discussed; logo (M)
Date: 22 February 1980
Anti-Soviet protest by Afghans closes nearly all businesses in Kabul; protest, bringing commercial life of city to halt, is staged by merchants in response to leaflets' in which Afghanistan's anti-Communist rebels urged them to show 'unanimous condemnation' of all Soviet intervention; follows reports that insurgents control roads along border with Pakistan and are attacking convoys moving along them; illus (L)
Date: 22 February 1980
RED SMITH
Red SMITH
Red Smith on US team's chances of winning medal (M)