Christiaan Maurits van den Heever, almost universally known C.M.
van den Heever (27 February 1902 in the concentration camp near Norvalspont in Cape Province, now Northern Cape Province, South Africa – 8 July 1957), was an Afrikaans-language novelist, poet, essayist, and biographer.
Counted among the Dertigers, van den Heever is noted for his most famous novels: Somer ("Summer") and Laat vrugte ("Late Fruits").
Upon his return to South Africa, he gained a teaching position at the University of the Free State.
After completing his dissertation on the poet Totius, he finished his academic career at Witwatersrand University.